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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... feet . There are few Kurds but will risk an admonition for twenty piastres . This blood feud prevented the Druzes from approaching the city ; and hence our difficulty in obtaining an escort to the borders of their territory . The ...
... feet . There are few Kurds but will risk an admonition for twenty piastres . This blood feud prevented the Druzes from approaching the city ; and hence our difficulty in obtaining an escort to the borders of their territory . The ...
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... feet of the Arabs , growled savagely , with open mouths , as their loads were shifted or more firmly bound . The men too , with shouts as loud and scarcely less deeply guttural , ran here and there to secure their animals and assist ...
... feet of the Arabs , growled savagely , with open mouths , as their loads were shifted or more firmly bound . The men too , with shouts as loud and scarcely less deeply guttural , ran here and there to secure their animals and assist ...
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... feet thick , built of large blocks of squared stones , put together without cement . The roof is formed of flags about six inches thick , eighteen inches broad , and twelve feet long . They are carefully hewn , and closely jointed ...
... feet thick , built of large blocks of squared stones , put together without cement . The roof is formed of flags about six inches thick , eighteen inches broad , and twelve feet long . They are carefully hewn , and closely jointed ...
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... feet long , 12 wide , by about 10 high . From it Stone Door . a low door opened into another behind it of the same dimensions and character , and from this a larger door ad- mitted to a third , to which there was a descent by a flight ...
... feet long , 12 wide , by about 10 high . From it Stone Door . a low door opened into another behind it of the same dimensions and character , and from this a larger door ad- mitted to a third , to which there was a descent by a flight ...
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... feet , and still led his men to action . Shot after shot was deliberately sent among them by the Druzes and Christians as the Bedawîn vainly attempted to reach them with their long spears . On every side were efforts made to penetrate ...
... feet , and still led his men to action . Shot after shot was deliberately sent among them by the Druzes and Christians as the Bedawîn vainly attempted to reach them with their long spears . On every side were efforts made to penetrate ...
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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