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 11
... observed each company as it came up passing on across the plain . We dismounted to await the arrival of Aiyûb and his camels . Observing a respectably dressed Muslem , accompanied by a Bedawy in the costume of Ageil , standing near us ...
... observed each company as it came up passing on across the plain . We dismounted to await the arrival of Aiyûb and his camels . Observing a respectably dressed Muslem , accompanied by a Bedawy in the costume of Ageil , standing near us ...
Page 12
... observe the camp of the Turkish army occupying the very same spot where I had seen it from Tell Abu Yazîd some three ... observed an ancient canal running along the lower slopes of the hills on the right . It had evidently been intended ...
... observe the camp of the Turkish army occupying the very same spot where I had seen it from Tell Abu Yazîd some three ... observed an ancient canal running along the lower slopes of the hills on the right . It had evidently been intended ...
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... observation , either the extent of this town or the general character of its buildings ; but the men now sitting around us in this strange apartment were well acquainted with it , and they said that the houses were all of one kind , and ...
... observation , either the extent of this town or the general character of its buildings ; but the men now sitting around us in this strange apartment were well acquainted with it , and they said that the houses were all of one kind , and ...
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... observed in many places deep cuttings in the solid rock . A few minutes after leaving the ruins we rode for some distance alongside an ancient aqueduct , constructed to conduct the winter stream into the great cisterns of the town , for ...
... observed in many places deep cuttings in the solid rock . A few minutes after leaving the ruins we rode for some distance alongside an ancient aqueduct , constructed to conduct the winter stream into the great cisterns of the town , for ...
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... observed large numbers of regularly constructed square fences , made up of loose stones . This , I was informed , was one of the encampments of the army of Ibrahîm Pasha during the Druze war of 1839. Near this spot the Druzes issued ...
... observed large numbers of regularly constructed square fences , made up of loose stones . This , I was informed , was one of the encampments of the army of Ibrahîm Pasha during the Druze war of 1839. Near this spot the Druzes issued ...
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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