The Ansayrii, (or Assassins,): With Travels in the Further East, in 1850-51. Including a Visit to Ninevah, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1851 |
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... Mosques - Christian Churches- Mosque of the Dancing Dervishes - Probable Population of Damascus , and of whom composed - The Castle 90 00 CONTENTS . xi CHAPTER VIII . Origin of Damascus -
... Mosques - Christian Churches- Mosque of the Dancing Dervishes - Probable Population of Damascus , and of whom composed - The Castle 90 00 CONTENTS . xi CHAPTER VIII . Origin of Damascus -
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... Mosque and College of the Patriarch described - Birthplace and Tomb of Abraham - Moslem Veneration for Abraham - Account of the Patriarch in the Book of Jasher - Terah and Nimrod - Caves and Tombs in the Rocks described - Pillars of the ...
... Mosque and College of the Patriarch described - Birthplace and Tomb of Abraham - Moslem Veneration for Abraham - Account of the Patriarch in the Book of Jasher - Terah and Nimrod - Caves and Tombs in the Rocks described - Pillars of the ...
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... mosque and many pretty cafés . On our return , we rode through the Armenian quarter , almost destroyed a few years ago by fire , but now in process of rebuilding . The Saracenic bridge — a stone work -over the Meles is well worth a ...
... mosque and many pretty cafés . On our return , we rode through the Armenian quarter , almost destroyed a few years ago by fire , but now in process of rebuilding . The Saracenic bridge — a stone work -over the Meles is well worth a ...
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... mosques appearing amidst the other buildings ; the quaint old domes , the spiral cypress in large groves ; the various - hued mountains , and far off , the high land of Scio floating on the sea . Round the hills are numerous traces of ...
... mosques appearing amidst the other buildings ; the quaint old domes , the spiral cypress in large groves ; the various - hued mountains , and far off , the high land of Scio floating on the sea . Round the hills are numerous traces of ...
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... mosque with its domed roof or minaret appears , and the fragile building speaks , how truly , in its contrast to the massive walls and ponderous works of former rulers , that the battle is not always to the strong . On the northern ...
... mosque with its domed roof or minaret appears , and the fragile building speaks , how truly , in its contrast to the massive walls and ponderous works of former rulers , that the battle is not always to the strong . On the northern ...
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Aintab Aleppo amidst ancient Ansayrii appears Arabs arches Armenian arrived baggage banks bazaars beauty Bedawee beneath Beyrout built called castle Christians church companion Constantinople curious Dahhal Damascus Desert Diarbekr Djebel dress East Eastern encampment entered Euphrates feet fellow gardens gate half Hamath hand handsome Haran hill Homs horses houses huge Ibrahim Pasha inhabitants inscription khan Koords Kubbes land Latakia Mahomet mare Maronite Marra minaret Montselim Moslem mosque Mosul mountains muleteer Mussulman nargilleh native night Orfa ornamented passed perhaps piastres pipe pitched plain poor prayer pretty probably Prophet repose rest river road rock rode round ruins Saphi Saracens sects seemed sent servants sheik side Sidon smoke spot stone Sultan Syria tents Terah tobacco tombs tower town traveller tribe Turkish Turkomans Turks village visited walk walls whole wild women
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