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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... castle of the building - Topography of the " Hills of Bashan " -Great numbers of deserted towns Ancient vineyards - Identification and history of Salcah Extensive ruins of Kureiyeh - Identified with the ancient KERIOTH Remote antiquity ...
... castle of the building - Topography of the " Hills of Bashan " -Great numbers of deserted towns Ancient vineyards - Identification and history of Salcah Extensive ruins of Kureiyeh - Identified with the ancient KERIOTH Remote antiquity ...
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... Plan of Theatre in the Castle of Busrah West Gate , Busrah Monument of Hurmul Large Map of Damascus and adjoining Countries . to face p . 142 • 148 170 . 309 at the end . FIVE YEARS IN DAMASCUS , ETC. ETC. CHAPTER X. JOURNEY.
... Plan of Theatre in the Castle of Busrah West Gate , Busrah Monument of Hurmul Large Map of Damascus and adjoining Countries . to face p . 142 • 148 170 . 309 at the end . FIVE YEARS IN DAMASCUS , ETC. ETC. CHAPTER X. JOURNEY.
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... of Hiyât , standing upon the hill- side above us like a huge fortress . On our left , also , we saw several castle - like villages , some on the summits of The signs of life and tells and others at their 34 CHAP . X. JOURNEY OVER THE ...
... of Hiyât , standing upon the hill- side above us like a huge fortress . On our left , also , we saw several castle - like villages , some on the summits of The signs of life and tells and others at their 34 CHAP . X. JOURNEY OVER THE ...
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... castle- our attendants had forgotten its name , but pointed out , on a conical peak below it , the village of Tufhah ; and they informed us that in the wady , half an hour farther east , is Nimreh . A deep and wild ravine commences a ...
... castle- our attendants had forgotten its name , but pointed out , on a conical peak below it , the village of Tufhah ; and they informed us that in the wady , half an hour farther east , is Nimreh . A deep and wild ravine commences a ...
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... castle , to keep the tribes of the desert in check ; the produce of our fields we are constantly forced to send to the city under an armed escort ; and if they take away our sons , and send them into other countries , how are we to ...
... castle , to keep the tribes of the desert in check ; the produce of our fields we are constantly forced to send to the city under an armed escort ; and if they take away our sons , and send them into other countries , how are we to ...
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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