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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Including an Account of the History, Topography, and Antiquities of that City : with Travels and Researches in Palmyra, Lebanon, and the Hauran Josias Leslie Porter. Front Cover.
Including an Account of the History, Topography, and Antiquities of that City : with Travels and Researches in Palmyra, Lebanon, and the Hauran Josias Leslie Porter. Front Cover.
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... front seemed to be wading through the shallow water along the margin of the lake , and their shadows were reflected from its glassy surface . On advancing a little farther I was astonished to observe the camp of the Turkish army ...
... front seemed to be wading through the shallow water along the margin of the lake , and their shadows were reflected from its glassy surface . On advancing a little farther I was astonished to observe the camp of the Turkish army ...
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... front , where I was soon joined by my companions and by a Christian called Mûsa , who appeared to take the leader- ship . Mûsa was an old acquaintance , and he seemed no little astonished to find me here . He is son of the priest of Hît ...
... front , where I was soon joined by my companions and by a Christian called Mûsa , who appeared to take the leader- ship . Mûsa was an old acquaintance , and he seemed no little astonished to find me here . He is son of the priest of Hît ...
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... front . The voice of Mûsa in the mean time grew fainter until lost in the distance . It was now my time to shout Mûsa ! Mûsa ! And twenty others repeated the call from different places , but no Mûsa came . Aiyûb fortunately heard our ...
... front . The voice of Mûsa in the mean time grew fainter until lost in the distance . It was now my time to shout Mûsa ! Mûsa ! And twenty others repeated the call from different places , but no Mûsa came . Aiyûb fortunately heard our ...
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... front of the main body . There were about thirty men and more than a hundred camels , but only some six or seven of the company were supplied with firelocks . They had passed Tell abu Shejar in safety , and were skirting the western ...
... front of the main body . There were about thirty men and more than a hundred camels , but only some six or seven of the company were supplied with firelocks . They had passed Tell abu Shejar in safety , and were skirting the western ...
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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