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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... afterwards , on account of the scarcity of water there , to Busr el - Harîry . Here the sheikhs of the Haurân all assembled to receive the proposals of the Government , and discuss the terms of peace . It was a stormy scene ; and more ...
... afterwards , on account of the scarcity of water there , to Busr el - Harîry . Here the sheikhs of the Haurân all assembled to receive the proposals of the Government , and discuss the terms of peace . It was a stormy scene ; and more ...
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... afterwards found that , though his map contained some new and useful information , it was not constructed with any degree of care or accuracy . A sketch of this , as well as of Burckhardt's map , I took with me on my journey . Toward ...
... afterwards found that , though his map contained some new and useful information , it was not constructed with any degree of care or accuracy . A sketch of this , as well as of Burckhardt's map , I took with me on my journey . Toward ...
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... afterwards met in the Haurân , and who knew its whole course , confirmed this intelligence ; and on examining this section of the country afterwards from the northern brow of the Jebel Haurân , with a telescope , I was able to trace the ...
... afterwards met in the Haurân , and who knew its whole course , confirmed this intelligence ; and on examining this section of the country afterwards from the northern brow of the Jebel Haurân , with a telescope , I was able to trace the ...
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... afterwards in- formed that he had taken no part in the late war , and that he had sent all the Christians of Hît and Hiyât to Damascus , to escape the ravages of the soldiers and Arabs . Indeed , one would suppose that the history of ...
... afterwards in- formed that he had taken no part in the late war , and that he had sent all the Christians of Hît and Hiyât to Damascus , to escape the ravages of the soldiers and Arabs . Indeed , one would suppose that the history of ...
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... afterwards fell upon the remainder . Before this third relay the pyramid of rice soon disappeared ; the bones of sheep and fowls were stripped of every vestige of flesh ; and the soup , burghul , and pillau were thrown into one huge ...
... afterwards fell upon the remainder . Before this third relay the pyramid of rice soon disappeared ; the bones of sheep and fowls were stripped of every vestige of flesh ; and the soup , burghul , and pillau were thrown into one huge ...
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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