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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Page 10
... hour more we reached Kabr es - Sit , a populous village , surrounded by fields and gardens of great fertility . This is considered a place of great sanctity by the Mus- lems , especially the Shiites , as it contains the tomb of Zeinab ...
... hour more we reached Kabr es - Sit , a populous village , surrounded by fields and gardens of great fertility . This is considered a place of great sanctity by the Mus- lems , especially the Shiites , as it contains the tomb of Zeinab ...
Page 15
... hour spent in arranging the loads and the order , the word was at last given to march , and the whole proceeded in a long column generally three deep . My horse becoming impatient , I rode to the front , where I was soon joined by my ...
... hour spent in arranging the loads and the order , the word was at last given to march , and the whole proceeded in a long column generally three deep . My horse becoming impatient , I rode to the front , where I was soon joined by my ...
Page 16
... and soon entirely disappear . In a quarter of an hour we reached the plateau on the top of the declivity , and here Mûsa ordered a halt . It appeared that a Druze with some camels , the property of 16 CHAP . X. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
... and soon entirely disappear . In a quarter of an hour we reached the plateau on the top of the declivity , and here Mûsa ordered a halt . It appeared that a Druze with some camels , the property of 16 CHAP . X. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
Page 18
... hour reached the side of a little plain with a deep alluvial soil , surrounded on all sides , except the south , by stony declivities . The great plain along the borders of Lejah opened up before us , and that wild region itself ...
... hour reached the side of a little plain with a deep alluvial soil , surrounded on all sides , except the south , by stony declivities . The great plain along the borders of Lejah opened up before us , and that wild region itself ...
Page 19
... hour distant , situated at the foot of low hills . Beyond it rose the lofty range of Jebel Khiyârah , black and barren . On our left were some mounds with green patches of verdure on their sides and in the little vales between them . At ...
... hour distant , situated at the foot of low hills . Beyond it rose the lofty range of Jebel Khiyârah , black and barren . On our left were some mounds with green patches of verdure on their sides and in the little vales between them . At ...
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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