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Gao

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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b>Karvah , a Persian blacksmith, whose sons had been slain to feed the serpents of the reigning tyrant, raised his leather apron on a spear, and with that for a standard excited a revolt; the revolt proved successful, and the apron became the standard of the new dynasty, which it continued to be till supplanted by the crescent.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Gao'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​g/gao.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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