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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... stand . After a brief pause to ascertain that all was right , we set out , skirting the south side of the ancient city wall , and then entering the suburb of the Medân . After many turns and windings we at last emerged into the open ...
... stand . After a brief pause to ascertain that all was right , we set out , skirting the south side of the ancient city wall , and then entering the suburb of the Medân . After many turns and windings we at last emerged into the open ...
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... stands over the sacred spot ; and during the season when the Persian pilgrims are going to and returning from the Haj , great numbers of them visit this tomb . The tall white minaret forms a conspicuous object over the whole plain . At ...
... stands over the sacred spot ; and during the season when the Persian pilgrims are going to and returning from the Haj , great numbers of them visit this tomb . The tall white minaret forms a conspicuous object over the whole plain . At ...
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... stand and refused to proceed . I urged and spurred him , but in vain . At last I got down to examine the nature of the barrier , and found a long line of squatting camels picketed in front . The voice of Mûsa in the mean time grew ...
... stand and refused to proceed . I urged and spurred him , but in vain . At last I got down to examine the nature of the barrier , and found a long line of squatting camels picketed in front . The voice of Mûsa in the mean time grew ...
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... stands the large ruined village of Hadr , containing some extensive and substantial buildings ; above it about twenty minutes is another village , and opposite the latter , on a mound 32 СНАР . Х. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
... stands the large ruined village of Hadr , containing some extensive and substantial buildings ; above it about twenty minutes is another village , and opposite the latter , on a mound 32 СНАР . Х. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
Page 38
... , or palace , that stands about three hundred yards east of Hiyât . It is a fine structure , and must in its palmy days have presented a striking appearance . In front was a paved courtyard 38 CHAP . X. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
... , or palace , that stands about three hundred yards east of Hiyât . It is a fine structure , and must in its palmy days have presented a striking appearance . In front was a paved courtyard 38 CHAP . X. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
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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