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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... Entering in of Hamath " - Identification of ZEDAD and HAZARENAN 354-359 Night march and adventures with Bedawîn Site of Comochara - - Nebk Ride by Målûla to Damascus 359-366 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . VOL . II . Page Interior vi CONTENTS ...
... Entering in of Hamath " - Identification of ZEDAD and HAZARENAN 354-359 Night march and adventures with Bedawîn Site of Comochara - - Nebk Ride by Målûla to Damascus 359-366 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . VOL . II . Page Interior vi CONTENTS ...
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... entering the suburb of the Medân . After many turns and windings we at last emerged into the open country at the southern extremity of the city , by a gate near Bawâbet Ullah . Here we dismounted to await Aiyûb and his animals . A few ...
... entering the suburb of the Medân . After many turns and windings we at last emerged into the open country at the southern extremity of the city , by a gate near Bawâbet Ullah . Here we dismounted to await Aiyûb and his animals . A few ...
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... entered the domains of the Bedawîn , who acknowledge no law but the sword , and no right but might . Our farther progress was liable to be disputed at any moment , and , consequently , every man now examined his musket and prepared for ...
... entered the domains of the Bedawîn , who acknowledge no law but the sword , and no right but might . Our farther progress was liable to be disputed at any moment , and , consequently , every man now examined his musket and prepared for ...
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... entered a plain , perfectly flat , and altogether different in character from that we had left . The soil is deep and rich , the surface entirely free from stones , and the whole presents the appearance of having , at no very remote ...
... entered a plain , perfectly flat , and altogether different in character from that we had left . The soil is deep and rich , the surface entirely free from stones , and the whole presents the appearance of having , at no very remote ...
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... entered was a slab 4 feet 6 inches high , 4 feet wide , and 8 inches thick ; it opens upon pivots , being projecting parts of the stone itself , and working in sockets in the lintel and threshold ,. Interior of House in Burâk . FROM HIT ...
... entered was a slab 4 feet 6 inches high , 4 feet wide , and 8 inches thick ; it opens upon pivots , being projecting parts of the stone itself , and working in sockets in the lintel and threshold ,. Interior of House in Burâk . FROM HIT ...
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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