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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Page vii
... of them , I invite travellers among them , and in the language of the Arab say , " Ta faddall eh mah salaame - step in , and peace be with you ! " NOVEMBER , 1851 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Eastern Travel - Discomforts of Starting.
... of them , I invite travellers among them , and in the language of the Arab say , " Ta faddall eh mah salaame - step in , and peace be with you ! " NOVEMBER , 1851 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Eastern Travel - Discomforts of Starting.
Page xi
... Arabs- Songs in praise and in ridicule of Ibrahim - Hospital - Anti- quities of Damascus - The so - called House of Ananias - Window whence St. Paul escaped - Site of St. Stephen's Martyr- dom - Houses of Damascus The Caab - Purchase ...
... Arabs- Songs in praise and in ridicule of Ibrahim - Hospital - Anti- quities of Damascus - The so - called House of Ananias - Window whence St. Paul escaped - Site of St. Stephen's Martyr- dom - Houses of Damascus The Caab - Purchase ...
Page xiii
... Arabic MS . on Smoking - Nimrod alleged to have been a Smoker - Mode of Smoking in Ceylon - Antiquity of the use of ... Arab Mode of churning Butter - Arrive at the ancient Ur of the Chaldees , now Orfa - Hospitality of the En- glish ...
... Arabic MS . on Smoking - Nimrod alleged to have been a Smoker - Mode of Smoking in Ceylon - Antiquity of the use of ... Arab Mode of churning Butter - Arrive at the ancient Ur of the Chaldees , now Orfa - Hospitality of the En- glish ...
Page xiv
... Arabs - Salt Stones , anciently used for building - Arab Indifference to Prayer -The Mosque - Filial Affection of an ... Arabs - Confessions of Arab plundering prepossessions - Anecdotes in illustration of them- Sheik Abdallah on the ...
... Arabs - Salt Stones , anciently used for building - Arab Indifference to Prayer -The Mosque - Filial Affection of an ... Arabs - Confessions of Arab plundering prepossessions - Anecdotes in illustration of them- Sheik Abdallah on the ...
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... Arabic word Birath , a well . The ath must have been put for the sake of euphony ; Bir is a well . But it seems to me , ( for I have no authority up in these wilds to strengthen my opinion ) , to be more probably derived from the Greek ...
... Arabic word Birath , a well . The ath must have been put for the sake of euphony ; Bir is a well . But it seems to me , ( for I have no authority up in these wilds to strengthen my opinion ) , to be more probably derived from the Greek ...
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