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Page 17
... Sheikh , who received the tax from his people , and paid it to the Pasha of Aleppo , and who pitched his tent at different periods near all the villages and wells of his territory in succession . When we alighted at his tent - door ...
... Sheikh , who received the tax from his people , and paid it to the Pasha of Aleppo , and who pitched his tent at different periods near all the villages and wells of his territory in succession . When we alighted at his tent - door ...
Page 18
... Sheikh , whose name was Ramadan , was an old man of eighty , of fine features , combining the characteristics of the Turkish and Arabic race , with large expressive eyes . His complexion was darker than that of the people of Yemen ...
... Sheikh , whose name was Ramadan , was an old man of eighty , of fine features , combining the characteristics of the Turkish and Arabic race , with large expressive eyes . His complexion was darker than that of the people of Yemen ...
Page 23
... Sheikh of Barak , we continued our way , on a course of east - north - east , over an unequal plain of less fertility than usual , being composed of a whitish dry soil , interspersed with scattered eminences of a chalky appearance ...
... Sheikh of Barak , we continued our way , on a course of east - north - east , over an unequal plain of less fertility than usual , being composed of a whitish dry soil , interspersed with scattered eminences of a chalky appearance ...
Page 99
... Sheikh Abu Aioobe Ibin Temar , Pasha of the tribe of Beni- Melan . The station of this chief was in the open plains , called , in Arabic , " Berreeah , " and distant about two days ' journey , or from forty to fifty miles . This chief ...
... Sheikh Abu Aioobe Ibin Temar , Pasha of the tribe of Beni- Melan . The station of this chief was in the open plains , called , in Arabic , " Berreeah , " and distant about two days ' journey , or from forty to fifty miles . This chief ...
Page 103
... sheikh was teaching certain children of the town to read the Koran , and the most proficient among these were again teaching others beneath them , according to the Lancasterian mode , now so common in Eu- rope . It is only to be ...
... sheikh was teaching certain children of the town to read the Koran , and the most proficient among these were again teaching others beneath them , according to the Lancasterian mode , now so common in Eu- rope . It is only to be ...
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Aleppo ancient appearance Arabs Arbela arch Arrian Babylon Bagdad banks bazārs Belus Benjamin of Tudela bricks building built called camels caravan caravanserai castle centre chief chiefly Christians colour court Ctesiphon D'Anville Desert Diarbekr distance dress dwellings east eastern Edessa edifice Egypt encamped Euphrates feet fifty gardens gate going ground Hadjee halted height Herodotus Hillah hills horses hour hundred inhabitants inscriptions journey Khan Koords l'Euphrate le Tigre Mardin masonry Memoir Mesopotamia miles minarets Mohammedan mosque mounds mountains Mousul nearly night Nineveh Nisibeen Nisibis observed Orfah palace party Pasha passed Persian piastres plain portion present qu'il remains Rennel Rich river road Roman ruins says seemed seen Seleucia Sheikh side Sinjar square stadia stone Strabo stream summit sun-set Syria Tartars temple tent thought thousand Tigre Tigris tomb towers town travellers Turkish Turks village Wahabis walls whole Yezeedis Yézidis