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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... parties of hadjys , dis- tinguished by their provinces or towns , keep close together ; and each knows its never- varying station in the caravan , which is determined by the geographical proximity of the place from whence it comes ...
... parties of hadjys , dis- tinguished by their provinces or towns , keep close together ; and each knows its never- varying station in the caravan , which is determined by the geographical proximity of the place from whence it comes ...
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... party of their own amounting to forty or fifty individuals . At night , torches are lighted , and the daily distance is usually performed between three o'clock in the afternoon , and an hour or two after sun - rise on the following day ...
... party of their own amounting to forty or fifty individuals . At night , torches are lighted , and the daily distance is usually performed between three o'clock in the afternoon , and an hour or two after sun - rise on the following day ...
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... party of public women and dancing - girls , whose tents and equipage were among the most splendid in the caravan . Female hadjys of a similar class accompany the Syrian caravan also . The Persian Hadj , which used to set out from ...
... party of public women and dancing - girls , whose tents and equipage were among the most splendid in the caravan . Female hadjys of a similar class accompany the Syrian caravan also . The Persian Hadj , which used to set out from ...
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... party of his own people to escort it to the holy city . The Persian caravan is usually escorted by the Ageyl Arabs , of Baghdad . As its pil- grims are known to be sectaries , they are exposed to great extortions on the road : Saoud ...
... party of his own people to escort it to the holy city . The Persian caravan is usually escorted by the Ageyl Arabs , of Baghdad . As its pil- grims are known to be sectaries , they are exposed to great extortions on the road : Saoud ...
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... parties of fifty or a hundred at a time . Although poorly dressed , they have generally sufficient money to de- fray their expenses , and few of them are beggars ; of this class , however , I saw a small party , Arabs from Draa , on the ...
... parties of fifty or a hundred at a time . Although poorly dressed , they have generally sufficient money to de- fray their expenses , and few of them are beggars ; of this class , however , I saw a small party , Arabs from Draa , on the ...
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