Five Years in Damascus: Including an Account of the History, Topography, and Antiquities of that City : with Travels and Researches in Palmyra, Lebanon, and the Hauran, Volume 2John Murray, 1855 - Damascus (Syria) |
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... Druze hospitality Ancient houses and inscrip- tions in Hiyât - A Druze chief - - A banquet Illustrations of Scripture • Page 1-45 CHAPTER XI . FROM HIT TO KUNAWAT - THE NORTHERN SECTION OF JEBEL HAUBAN . Topography of the plain of ...
... Druze hospitality Ancient houses and inscrip- tions in Hiyât - A Druze chief - - A banquet Illustrations of Scripture • Page 1-45 CHAPTER XI . FROM HIT TO KUNAWAT - THE NORTHERN SECTION OF JEBEL HAUBAN . Topography of the plain of ...
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... Druze revenge ― - Ruins of ' Atîl Singular monument Description of Suweideh and its extensive ruins Greek inscriptions and dates - Sheikh Wâked el - Hamdân , the Druze chief- An evening party — History of Suweideh- Plain of Auranitis ...
... Druze revenge ― - Ruins of ' Atîl Singular monument Description of Suweideh and its extensive ruins Greek inscriptions and dates - Sheikh Wâked el - Hamdân , the Druze chief- An evening party — History of Suweideh- Plain of Auranitis ...
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... Druze hospitality - Ancient houses and inscriptions in Hiyât — A Druze chief - A banquet — Illustrations of Scripture . - - FROM the period of my arrival in Syria , in 1849 , it was my desire , whenever opportunity should offer , to ...
... Druze hospitality - Ancient houses and inscriptions in Hiyât — A Druze chief - A banquet — Illustrations of Scripture . - - FROM the period of my arrival in Syria , in 1849 , it was my desire , whenever opportunity should offer , to ...
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... Druze sheikhs , who are the actual rulers of the Haurân , was also advisable , and indeed essential , before any operations should be commenced . But while these were the main objects of my proposed visit , I determined to lose no ...
... Druze sheikhs , who are the actual rulers of the Haurân , was also advisable , and indeed essential , before any operations should be commenced . But while these were the main objects of my proposed visit , I determined to lose no ...
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... Druze war , in the autumn of 1852 , took away all hope of visiting it for a lengthened period ; but the defeat of the Government troops , and the conse- quent desire for peace on the part of the Sultan , again seemed to open my way . Mr ...
... Druze war , in the autumn of 1852 , took away all hope of visiting it for a lengthened period ; but the defeat of the Government troops , and the conse- quent desire for peace on the part of the Sultan , again seemed to open my way . Mr ...
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Abulfeda afterwards ancient Antilibanus appears Arab Argob Baalbek bank basalt Bashan Batanæa Bathanyeh beautiful Bedawîn border Bostra Bozrah building Burckhardt Busrah called caravan castle Christian church columns crossed Damascus declivity Deir Der'a deserted distance door Druze east eastern eastward Edom Edrei extends Fcap feet Gaulanitis Gilead glen Greek inscription half an hour Hamath heaps hills History horses houses inhabitants Jabbok Jebel Haurân Josephus Kenath Kerioth Kunawât Kureiyeh latter Lejah Libanus lofty Mahmûd miles minutes Moab monument mosk mountains Mûsa nearly northern observed passed plain Plates Portrait Post 8vo province ravine reached Riblah ridge Ritter road rocks rode Roman round ruins Salcah Second Edition seen sheikh side sketch slope soil spot stones Sulkhad summit Suweideh Syria tell temple Third Edition towers town Trachonitis Travels in Syria tribe village visited Vols wady walls whole wild Woodcuts Zedad