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 5
... former , being irregular troops in the pay of the Government , were scouring the plain of Damascus , attacking and murdering little parties of Druzes wherever they could find them . The Pasha was either unable or unwilling to prevent ...
... former , being irregular troops in the pay of the Government , were scouring the plain of Damascus , attacking and murdering little parties of Druzes wherever they could find them . The Pasha was either unable or unwilling to prevent ...
Page 13
... former place the boundary - line turns nearly south- west till it meets the ' Awaj , which then forms the dividing line to S'as'a , and westward to near the mouth of Wady Beit Jenn . The whole region westward and northward of this line ...
... former place the boundary - line turns nearly south- west till it meets the ' Awaj , which then forms the dividing line to S'as'a , and westward to near the mouth of Wady Beit Jenn . The whole region westward and northward of this line ...
Page 33
... , bears the marks of former careful cultivation . The surface of the soil is in some places very strong , but the stones have been collected into heaps , and many of them used in the erection с 3 СНАР . Х. 333 TO THE JEBEL HAURAN .
... , bears the marks of former careful cultivation . The surface of the soil is in some places very strong , but the stones have been collected into heaps , and many of them used in the erection с 3 СНАР . Х. 333 TO THE JEBEL HAURAN .
Page 44
... former days still remains- strangers could not then pass the house or tent of the patriarch without being constrained to go in and take food ; and so it is even now . The wonderful expedition in the preparation of food , when the lamb ...
... former days still remains- strangers could not then pass the house or tent of the patriarch without being constrained to go in and take food ; and so it is even now . The wonderful expedition in the preparation of food , when the lamb ...
Page 55
... former inhabitants have for centuries been forgotten and unknown , yet these man- sions remain as their only memorials . I soon discovered my companions assembled at the foot of a lofty tower , looking up at a tempting inscription ...
... former inhabitants have for centuries been forgotten and unknown , yet these man- sions remain as their only memorials . I soon discovered my companions assembled at the foot of a lofty tower , looking up at a tempting inscription ...
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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