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 2Murray, 1855 - 372 pages |
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... note ; while traversing Bible Lands , there- fore , and visiting some of those cities and provinces whose names are among ... notes , and of the rough sketches of Buckingham , had given me some idea of the general features of the country ...
... note ; while traversing Bible Lands , there- fore , and visiting some of those cities and provinces whose names are among ... notes , and of the rough sketches of Buckingham , had given me some idea of the general features of the country ...
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... note and sketch books , formed my whole luggage . Jan. 31st . - Soon after sunrise Aiyûb ( Job ) , our guide , appeared , and urged our immediate departure , as the caravan was then starting , and he was afraid of being left behind . My ...
... note and sketch books , formed my whole luggage . Jan. 31st . - Soon after sunrise Aiyûb ( Job ) , our guide , appeared , and urged our immediate departure , as the caravan was then starting , and he was afraid of being left behind . My ...
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... note - book . I presented our letter of introduction , and the sheikh , after reading it and seeing coffee properly served , left the room . In about half an hour he returned , and invited us to another apartment in the harîm , which ...
... note - book . I presented our letter of introduction , and the sheikh , after reading it and seeing coffee properly served , left the room . In about half an hour he returned , and invited us to another apartment in the harîm , which ...
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... Druze companions to travel any 5 Notitiæ Antiquæ , pp . 50 , 51 . • Abulfedæ Tab . Syr . p . 97 ; and p . 15 , note 67 ; and Addenda et Corrigenda , p . 97 . longer at an easy pace . The young sheikh Saîd 58 CHAP . XI . THE NORTHERN ...
... Druze companions to travel any 5 Notitiæ Antiquæ , pp . 50 , 51 . • Abulfedæ Tab . Syr . p . 97 ; and p . 15 , note 67 ; and Addenda et Corrigenda , p . 97 . longer at an easy pace . The young sheikh Saîd 58 CHAP . XI . THE NORTHERN ...
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... note , this date as A.D. 263. It is certainly Erous Cğг , but it must be by mere oversight that the A.D. is attached to it , since it is well known that the Christian era was not used till centuries after that period ; and , besides ...
... note , this date as A.D. 263. It is certainly Erous Cğг , but it must be by mere oversight that the A.D. is attached to it , since it is well known that the Christian era was not used till centuries after that period ; and , besides ...
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Abulfeda afterwards ancient Antilibanus appears Arab Argob Baalbek bank Barnett basalt Bashan Batanæa Bathanyeh beautiful Bedawîn beside border Bostra Bozrah building Burâk Burckhardt Busrah called Canatha castle Christian columns crossed Damascus declivity Deir Der'a deserted distance door Druzes east eastern eastward Edhr'a Edom Edrei erected extends Fcap feet Gaulanitis Gilead glen Greek inscription half an hour heaps Hebrân hills Hît horses inhabitants Jabbok Jebel Haurân Kenath Kerioth Kunawât Kureiyeh Lejah Libanus lofty Mahmûd Manasseh miles minutes Moab monument mosk mountains Mûsa nearly northern observed passed plain Post 8vo province ravine reached Reland Riblah ridge Ritter road rocks rocky rode Roman round rugged ruins Salcah Second Edition seen sheikh sheikh's house Shuhba side slope soil southern spot stones Sulkhad summit Suweideh Syria tell temple town Trachonitis Travels in Syria tribe village visited Vols wady walls whole wild Woodcuts