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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Page 10
... Fâtimeh and grand - daughter of Mohammed , and the wife of ' Omar Ibn el - Khattâb , the second Khalif . Zeinab died in the plain of Damascus , and was buried in this village , which was formerly called 10 СНАР . Х. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
... Fâtimeh and grand - daughter of Mohammed , and the wife of ' Omar Ibn el - Khattâb , the second Khalif . Zeinab died in the plain of Damascus , and was buried in this village , which was formerly called 10 СНАР . Х. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
Page 49
... second is from a small building resembling a fountain on the north side of the town , and is to the effect that Aelius Mazimos the Governor erected the structure : - ♢ In this town a large majority of the houses are mere heaps of ruins ...
... second is from a small building resembling a fountain on the north side of the town , and is to the effect that Aelius Mazimos the Governor erected the structure : - ♢ In this town a large majority of the houses are mere heaps of ruins ...
Page 90
... second wady , when they turn down the declivity in a zigzag course toward the north - west . The north - western section of the city I did not examine minutely , as it seems to contain only the ruins of private houses . The accompaning ...
... second wady , when they turn down the declivity in a zigzag course toward the north - west . The north - western section of the city I did not examine minutely , as it seems to contain only the ruins of private houses . The accompaning ...
Page 102
... second receding a few feet from the line of the former . The pediment , which the six columns once supported , lies in confused heaps around their bases , and I was thus able to examine closely the sculpture of the frieze and cornice ...
... second receding a few feet from the line of the former . The pediment , which the six columns once supported , lies in confused heaps around their bases , and I was thus able to examine closely the sculpture of the frieze and cornice ...
Page 111
... second , as proving the identity of Canatha and the Kenath of the Bible . We may add to this that the Kenath mentioned in the Bible was a city of Argob , and in the sequel it will be shown that Argob and Trachonitis are identical . This ...
... second , as proving the identity of Canatha and the Kenath of the Bible . We may add to this that the Kenath mentioned in the Bible was a city of Argob , and in the sequel it will be shown that Argob and Trachonitis are identical . This ...
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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