Five Years in Damascus, Volume 2J. Murray, 1855 - Damascus (Syria) |
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... reached Kabr es - Sit , a populous village , surrounded by fields and gardens of great fertility . This is considered a place of great sanctity by the Mus- lems , especially the Shiites , as it contains the tomb of Zeinab , the daughter ...
... reached Kabr es - Sit , a populous village , surrounded by fields and gardens of great fertility . This is considered a place of great sanctity by the Mus- lems , especially the Shiites , as it contains the tomb of Zeinab , the daughter ...
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... entirely disappear . In a quarter of an hour we reached the plateau on the top of the declivity , and here Mûsa ordered a halt . It appeared that a Druze with some camels , the property of 16 CHAP . X. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
... entirely disappear . In a quarter of an hour we reached the plateau on the top of the declivity , and here Mûsa ordered a halt . It appeared that a Druze with some camels , the property of 16 CHAP . X. JOURNEY OVER THE DESERT.
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... reached the side of a little plain with a deep alluvial soil , surrounded on all sides , except the south , by stony declivities . The great plain along the borders of Lejah opened up before us , and that wild region itself appeared in ...
... reached the side of a little plain with a deep alluvial soil , surrounded on all sides , except the south , by stony declivities . The great plain along the borders of Lejah opened up before us , and that wild region itself appeared in ...
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... reached a spot where my horse came to a dead stand and refused to proceed . I urged and spurred him , but in vain . At last I got down to examine the nature of the barrier , and found a long line of squatting camels picketed in front ...
... reached a spot where my horse came to a dead stand and refused to proceed . I urged and spurred him , but in vain . At last I got down to examine the nature of the barrier , and found a long line of squatting camels picketed in front ...
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... reached a crisis ; more than one had felt the keen point of the spears , and all began to think fortune had deserted them . Just then the caravan was seen approaching ; and a little band of horsemen , whose white turbans showed them to ...
... reached a crisis ; more than one had felt the keen point of the spears , and all began to think fortune had deserted them . Just then the caravan was seen approaching ; and a little band of horsemen , whose white turbans showed them to ...
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Abulfeda afterwards ancient Antilibanus appears Arab Argob Baalbek bank Barnett basalt Bashan Batanæa Bathanyeh beautiful Bedawîn border Bostra Bozrah building Burckhardt Busrah called caravan castle Christian columns crossed Damascus declivity Deir Der'a deserted distance door Druze east eastern eastward Edrei extends Fcap feet Gaulanitis Gilead glen Greek inscription half an hour Hamath heaps hills History Hît horses inhabitants Jabbok Jebel Haurân Josephus Kenath Kerioth Kunawât Kureiyeh latter Lejah Libanus lofty Mahmûd miles minutes Moab monument mosk mountains Mûsa nearly northern observed passed plain Portrait Post 8vo province ravine reached Reland Riblah ridge Ritter river road rocks rocky rode Roman round ruins Salcah Second Edition seen sheikh side slope soil spot stones Sulkhad summit Suweideh Syria tell temple Third Edition towers town Trachonitis Travels in Syria tribe village visited Vols wady walls whole wild Woodcuts Zedad
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