صحیح بخاری (جلد ششم)

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صحيح البخاری جلد 4 rrr ۶۰ - كتاب احاديث الأنبياء میں نقل کیا گیا ہے۔اصل الفاظ میں پیش کئے جاتے ہیں۔برطانوی اور یہودی دائرۃ المعارف وغیرہ کتب وصحف عہد قدیم سے بھی اسی کی تصدیق ہوتی ہے اور وہ حوالے یہ ہیں جو The Historians' History of the World میں لفظ Cyrus کے تحت ملاحظہ کئے جا سکتے ہیں۔1۔"How far to the East Cyrus extended his dominion we do not know, but it is probable that all the countries to the East which are mentioned in the older inscriptions of Darius as in subjection or rebellion were already subject in the time of Cyrus۔In this case Chorasmia (Kharezm, the modern Khiva) and Sogdiana (Samarcand and Bokhara) belonged to him۔Agreeably with this, Alexander found a city of Cyrus (Cyropohs) on the Jaxartes, in the neighbourhood of the modern Khokand۔He doubtless ruled also over large portions of the modern Afghanistan۔" (The Historians' History of the World, Volume ii, Part viii: Ancient Persia, Chapter iii: Cyrus and Cambyses, page593) 2- "But Cyrus, finding, in like manner, the nations of Asia independent, and setting out with a little army of Persians, obtained the dominion over the Medes by their own choice, and over the Hyrcanians in a similar manner; he subdued the Syrians, Assyrians, Arabians, Cappadooians, both the Phrygians, the Lydians, Cariana, Phoenicians, and Babylonians; he had under his rule the Bactrians, Indians, and Cilicians, as well as the Sacians, Paphlagonians, and Magadidians, and many other nations of whom we cannot enumerate even the names۔He had dominion over the Greeks that were settled in Asia ; and, going down to the sea, over the Cyprians and Egyptians۔These nations he ruled, though they spoke neither the same language with himself nor with one another; yet he was able to extend the fear of himself over so great a part of the world that he astonished all, and no