"Califate" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... translated from the Sanscrit into the ancient language of his country, in the sixth century of the Christian era, sending an embassy into Hindostan expressly for that purpose. Of the Persian book a translation was made in the time of the Calif Mansour, in the eighth century, into Arabic. This Arabic translation it is which became famous under the title of "The Book of Calila and Dimna, or ...
— The Fables of La Fontaine - A New Edition, With Notes • Jean de La Fontaine |
