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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... women , from upper and lower Egypt , who were less afraid of the fatigues and dangers of the Desert than of the Sea . I saw with them a party of public women and dancing - girls , whose tents and equipage were among the most splendid in ...
... women , from upper and lower Egypt , who were less afraid of the fatigues and dangers of the Desert than of the Sea . I saw with them a party of public women and dancing - girls , whose tents and equipage were among the most splendid in ...
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... women rode , particularly attracted attention . Soon after the Syrians had passed , the Egyptian procession followed , consisting of its Mahmal or sacred camel , ( for each of the caravans carries one , ) and the Shebryes of the public ...
... women rode , particularly attracted attention . Soon after the Syrians had passed , the Egyptian procession followed , consisting of its Mahmal or sacred camel , ( for each of the caravans carries one , ) and the Shebryes of the public ...
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... a dozen tents of different sizes , inhabited by her women ; the whole enclosed by a wall of linen cloth , eight hundred paces in circuit , the single entrance to which was guarded by eunuchs in 44 THE HADJ , OR PILGRIMAGE .
... a dozen tents of different sizes , inhabited by her women ; the whole enclosed by a wall of linen cloth , eight hundred paces in circuit , the single entrance to which was guarded by eunuchs in 44 THE HADJ , OR PILGRIMAGE .
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... women of the lower classes go to kiss it , and obtain a blessing by rubbing their foreheads upon it . No copy of the Koran , nor any thing but the book of prayers , is placed in the Cairo Mahmal . The Wahabys declared this ceremony of ...
... women of the lower classes go to kiss it , and obtain a blessing by rubbing their foreheads upon it . No copy of the Koran , nor any thing but the book of prayers , is placed in the Cairo Mahmal . The Wahabys declared this ceremony of ...
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... woman , who sold coffee , and whose visiters , by their loud laughter and riotous conduct , often interrupted the fervent devotions of the hadjys near them . Num- bers of people were present in their ordi- nary clothes . Towards the ...
... woman , who sold coffee , and whose visiters , by their loud laughter and riotous conduct , often interrupted the fervent devotions of the hadjys near them . Num- bers of people were present in their ordi- nary clothes . Towards the ...
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