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Ducène, J., & Yahyavi Tajabadi, T. S. (2020). Medina and Mecca among the Orientalists (16th - 19th century). MANZAR, the Scientific Journal of landscape, 12(52), 58-63. doi: 10.22034/manzar.2020.113351
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Jean-Charles Ducène; Trans: Sepehr Yahyavi Tajabadi. "Medina and Mecca among the Orientalists (16th - 19th century)". MANZAR, the Scientific Journal of landscape, 12, 52, 2020, 58-63. doi: 10.22034/manzar.2020.113351
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Ducène, J., Yahyavi Tajabadi, T. S. (2020). 'Medina and Mecca among the Orientalists (16th - 19th century)', MANZAR, the Scientific Journal of landscape, 12(52), pp. 58-63. doi: 10.22034/manzar.2020.113351
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Ducène, J., Yahyavi Tajabadi, T. S. Medina and Mecca among the Orientalists (16th - 19th century). MANZAR, the Scientific Journal of landscape, 2020; 12(52): 58-63. doi: 10.22034/manzar.2020.113351
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