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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... eastern slopes - Baalbek - - - Topography of the Ride along the Roman road to Bludân . Page 276-308 CHAPTER XVII . TOUR TO HUMS , AND ROUND THE NORTHERN END OF ANTILIBANUS . Ride over Antilibanus from Saidnâya to Ba'albek Topography of ...
... eastern slopes - Baalbek - - - Topography of the Ride along the Roman road to Bludân . Page 276-308 CHAPTER XVII . TOUR TO HUMS , AND ROUND THE NORTHERN END OF ANTILIBANUS . Ride over Antilibanus from Saidnâya to Ba'albek Topography of ...
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... taking the direct road by Nejha , and along the eastern border of the Lejah . This was the route which of all others I preferred to travel . I did not expect to make any striking discoveries upon 6 СНАР . Х. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
... taking the direct road by Nejha , and along the eastern border of the Lejah . This was the route which of all others I preferred to travel . I did not expect to make any striking discoveries upon 6 СНАР . Х. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
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... Eastern life and travel . No. genuine Arab can ever be persuaded to comply with any , even the most reasonable demand , without an amount of shouting , swearing , and even threatening , that , to the uninitiated , is almost appalling ...
... Eastern life and travel . No. genuine Arab can ever be persuaded to comply with any , even the most reasonable demand , without an amount of shouting , swearing , and even threatening , that , to the uninitiated , is almost appalling ...
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... eastern base of Jebel el - Aswad , and I observed an ancient canal running along the lower slopes of the hills on the right . It had evidently been intended to bring water from Baweidah to irrigate the soil in this neighbourhood , and ...
... eastern base of Jebel el - Aswad , and I observed an ancient canal running along the lower slopes of the hills on the right . It had evidently been intended to bring water from Baweidah to irrigate the soil in this neighbourhood , and ...
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... eastern extremity of these hills we came suddenly in sight of Nejha . On our right a little vale ran up among the hills , while on our left extended a fine alluvial plain covered with verdure . A few minutes more brought us to the ...
... eastern extremity of these hills we came suddenly in sight of Nejha . On our right a little vale ran up among the hills , while on our left extended a fine alluvial plain covered with verdure . A few minutes more brought us to the ...
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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