Travels in Mesopotamia, Nide 1H. Colburn, 1827 - 571 sivua |
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Sivu viii
... thought sufficient , there- fore , merely to record the fact , in order that the reader may be sa- tisfied , before he enters on the perusal of the present Work , that its author , whatever may be his qualifications , is at least ...
... thought sufficient , there- fore , merely to record the fact , in order that the reader may be sa- tisfied , before he enters on the perusal of the present Work , that its author , whatever may be his qualifications , is at least ...
Sivu 3
... thought that Hadjee Abd - el - Rakhmān was a person of too great respectability to accept for himself any sum of money , as a compensation for this favor , it was agreed between Mr. Barker the Consul , on my part , and the Hadjee's ...
... thought that Hadjee Abd - el - Rakhmān was a person of too great respectability to accept for himself any sum of money , as a compensation for this favor , it was agreed between Mr. Barker the Consul , on my part , and the Hadjee's ...
Sivu 4
... thought to be complete . The supplies I had taken with me for the journey , included a bill of exchange for 6000 piastres ( then about 1007. sterling ) on a merchant at Bagdad ; and nearly 2000 piastres in small gold coin , which , with ...
... thought to be complete . The supplies I had taken with me for the journey , included a bill of exchange for 6000 piastres ( then about 1007. sterling ) on a merchant at Bagdad ; and nearly 2000 piastres in small gold coin , which , with ...
Sivu 7
... thought rather a small caravan : the asses , mules , and horses that accompanied it , might amount to another hundred ; and the whole number of persons , including men , women , and children , were about three hundred at least . Our ...
... thought rather a small caravan : the asses , mules , and horses that accompanied it , might amount to another hundred ; and the whole number of persons , including men , women , and children , were about three hundred at least . Our ...
Sivu 14
... thought of danger . In about an hour from the time of this predatory troop quitting us , we passed through a small village on an elevation , from the heights of which the women and children were viewing the attack . As there was not a ...
... thought of danger . In about an hour from the time of this predatory troop quitting us , we passed through a small village on an elevation , from the heights of which the women and children were viewing the attack . As there was not a ...
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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