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... passed from Constantinople , east of the latter river , through Georgia , Armenia , and Koordistan , to Bagdad and Persia . I have reason to believe , therefore , that my account of Me- sopotamia will be more ample than that of the ...
... passed from Constantinople , east of the latter river , through Georgia , Armenia , and Koordistan , to Bagdad and Persia . I have reason to believe , therefore , that my account of Me- sopotamia will be more ample than that of the ...
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... passed several ruined villages , leaving them all on our left , and had remarked that the houses were distinguished by a high pointed dome of brick - work , rising from the square of their base . We lost sight of these , how- ever , as ...
... passed several ruined villages , leaving them all on our left , and had remarked that the houses were distinguished by a high pointed dome of brick - work , rising from the square of their base . We lost sight of these , how- ever , as ...
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... passed , was remarkable , each separate dwelling having a high pointed dome of unburnt bricks , raised on a square fabric of stone ; so that , at a little distance , they resembled a cluster of bee - hives on square pedestals . In the ...
... passed , was remarkable , each separate dwelling having a high pointed dome of unburnt bricks , raised on a square fabric of stone ; so that , at a little distance , they resembled a cluster of bee - hives on square pedestals . In the ...
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... passed , from the pitchers of some women of the neighbourhood . The vessels used by them are broad at the bottom , narrow at the top , and about two feet high , with a thick handle on each side . They are all of copper , tinned within ...
... passed , from the pitchers of some women of the neighbourhood . The vessels used by them are broad at the bottom , narrow at the top , and about two feet high , with a thick handle on each side . They are all of copper , tinned within ...
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... passed , though , like them , it was apparently artificial . Around its base were scat- tered blocks of black stone , probably used in its wall of enclosure , now destroyed , and marking it as having been a 10 JOURNEY FROM ALEPPO.
... passed , though , like them , it was apparently artificial . Around its base were scat- tered blocks of black stone , probably used in its wall of enclosure , now destroyed , and marking it as having been a 10 JOURNEY FROM ALEPPO.
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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