Travels in Arabia: Comprehending an Account of Those Territories in Hadjaz which the Mohammedans Regard as Sacred, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1829 - Arabian Peninsula |
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... Syria and Egypt ; the latter composed en- tirely of people belonging to the retinue of the commander of the Hadj , and his troops ; no pilgrims having come by land from Cairo , though the road was safe . The Syrian caravan has always ...
... Syria and Egypt ; the latter composed en- tirely of people belonging to the retinue of the commander of the Hadj , and his troops ; no pilgrims having come by land from Cairo , though the road was safe . The Syrian caravan has always ...
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... Syria furnishes its beasts for the purpose ; and the great Bedouin Sheikhs of the fron- tiers of that country contract largely for camels with the government of Damascus . Their number must be supposed very great , even if the caravan ...
... Syria furnishes its beasts for the purpose ; and the great Bedouin Sheikhs of the fron- tiers of that country contract largely for camels with the government of Damascus . Their number must be supposed very great , even if the caravan ...
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... Syrian caravan is very well regulated , though , as in all matters of oriental govern- ment , the abuses and exceptions are numer- ous . The Pasha of Damascus , or one of his principal officers , always accompanies this caravan , and ...
... Syrian caravan is very well regulated , though , as in all matters of oriental govern- ment , the abuses and exceptions are numer- ous . The Pasha of Damascus , or one of his principal officers , always accompanies this caravan , and ...
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... Syrian Travels , ( p . 242. ) the reader will find some further remarks on this Hadj - caravan , and in the Appendix to that volume ( No. 3. ) an account of the route between Damascus and Mekka . — ED . kowem must find another ; and ...
... Syrian Travels , ( p . 242. ) the reader will find some further remarks on this Hadj - caravan , and in the Appendix to that volume ( No. 3. ) an account of the route between Damascus and Mekka . — ED . kowem must find another ; and ...
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... Syrian caravan ; the road along the shore of the Red Sea leading through the territories of wild and warlike tribes of Bedouins , who frequently endeavour to cut off a part of the caravan by open force . The watering - places too are ...
... Syrian caravan ; the road along the shore of the Red Sea leading through the territories of wild and warlike tribes of Bedouins , who frequently endeavour to cut off a part of the caravan by open force . The watering - places too are ...
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