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Under the Arab dynasties of the east, the vizir was exclusively an officer of the pen: and Makrizi expressly mentions that Bedr-al-Jemali, who became vizir to the Fatimite khalif Al-Mostanssor in 1074, was the first in whom the sword and the pen were united. See Sale's Koran. Preliminary Discourse. Sect. 8. The royal revenue was derived from a variety of sources.
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