. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. in the year 1412 by AhmadShah, and finally came under the powerof the British in 1818. Its architecturalrelics are gorgeous, even in the midstof decay, and illustrate the combinationof Saracenic with Hindu forms, mainlyof the Jain type. The Jama Masjid, orgreat mosque, rises from the center ofthe city, and is adorned by two superblydecorated minarets. There is likewise anivory mosque, so called because, althoughbuilt of white marble, it is lined withivory, and inlaid wit
. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. in the year 1412 by AhmadShah, and finally came under the powerof the British in 1818. Its architecturalrelics are gorgeous, even in the midstof decay, and illustrate the combinationof Saracenic with Hindu forms, mainlyof the Jain type. The Jama Masjid, orgreat mosque, rises from the center ofthe city, and is adorned by two superblydecorated minarets. There is likewise anivory mosque, so called because, althoughbuilt of white marble, it is lined withivory, and inlaid with a profusion ofgems. It is famous for its manufactureof rich fabrics of silk and cotton, bro-cades, and articles of gold, silver, steel,and enamel. The pottery is very su-perior; and paper of various sorts islargely manufactured chiefly from about 250,000. The district, mainlya great alluvial plain, has an area of3,821 square miles and a population ofabout 900,000. AHMED MIRZA, Shah of Persia, bornin 1898. He succeeded his father, Mo-hammed Ali, when the latter was de-posed from the throne on July 16, 1909,. AHMED MIBZA On account of his youth when he becameshah, he was not able to take an activepart in the administration of his govern-ment during the first years of his reign,but he gradually acquired the ability to AHRIMAN 77 AIR rule with increasing years and duringthe troubled days of the World Warcarried on the affairs of the state aseificiently as possible under the circum-stances. In 1920 he visited France andother European countries. See Persia. AHRIMAN, a Persian deity, the de-mon or principle of evil, the principle ofgood being Oromasdes, or Ormuzd. AI, a species of sloth, the hradypustridactylus of Linnaeus. As its name im-plies it has three toes, or rather nails,on each foot, in this respect differingfrom the unau {bradypus didactylus ofLinnaeus), w^hich has but two. It is ofthe order edentata, or toothless mam-mals. It is the only known species of itsclas
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