The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶285
After the death of Malek, the bands of union and subordination were relaxed and finally dissolved: the indulgence of the house of Seljuk invested their slaves with the inheritance of kingdoms; and, in the Oriental style, a crowd of princes arose from the dust of their feet.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #735 (Milman edition) — public domain
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