 ... white letters the formula of the Moslem creed. They were wild-looking mountaineers, dark and fierce, with hair twisted into thin Dalik or plaits: each was armed with a long spear, a matchlock, or a dagger. They were seated upon coarse wooden saddles,...  Cholera epidemics in East Africa, from 1821 till 1872 - Page 45by James Christie (M.D.) - 1876 - 508 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1856 - 514 pages
...be worn, is, that a woman's veil during the pilgrimage ceremonies is not allowed to touch her face. a chief. The women emulated the men ; they either...companions. Most of them were followed by spare dromedaries, cither unladen or carrying water-skins, fodder, fuel, and other necessaries for the march. The beasts... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1857 - 482 pages
...dagger. They were seated upon coarse wooden saddles, without cushions or stirrups, a fine saddle-cloth alone denoting a chief. The women emulated the men...followed by spare dromedaries, either unladen or carrying waterskins, fodder, fuel, and other necessaries for the march. The beasts delighted in dashing furiously... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton, Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1879 - 576 pages
...saddle-cloth alone denoting a chief. The women emulated the men; 39ยป PILGRIMAGE TO ZL-MEDINAH AND MECCAH. they either guided their own dromedaries, or, sitting...veils they disdained, and their countenances certainly belong not to a " soft sex." These Wahhabis were by no means pleasant companions. Most of them were... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1897 - 492 pages
...dagger. They were seated upon coarse wooden saddles, without cushions or stirrups, a fine saddle-cloth alone denoting a chief. The women emulated the men;...followed by spare dromedaries, either unladen or carrying water-skins, fodder, fuel, and other necessaries for the march. The beasts delighted in dashing furiously... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1906 - 510 pages
...dagger. They were seated upon coarse wooden saddles, without cushions or stirrups, a fine saddle-cloth alone denoting a * chief. The women emulated the men...followed by spare dromedaries, either unladen or carrying water-skins, fodder, fuel, and other necessaries for the march. The beasts delighted in dashing furiously... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1906 - 506 pages
...dagger. They were seated upon coarse wooden saddles, without cushions or stirrups, a fine saddle-cloth alone denoting a chief. The women emulated the men...followed by spare dromedaries, either unladen or carrying water-skins, fodder, fuel, and other necessaries for the march. The beasts delighted in dashing furiously... | |
 | Helen Whybrow - History - 2003 - 588 pages
...dagger. They were seated upon coarse wooden saddles, without cushions or stirrups, a fine saddle-cloth alone denoting a chief. The women emulated the men;...followed by spare dromedaries, either unladen or carrying water-skins, fodder, fuel, and other necessaries for the march. The beasts delighted in dashing furiously... | |
 | Helen Whybrow - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 580 pages
...dagger. They were seated upon coarse wooden saddles, without cushions or stirrups, a fine saddle-cloth alone denoting a chief. The women emulated the men;...followed by spare dromedaries, either unladen or carrying water-skins, fodder, fuel, and other necessaries for the march. The beasts delighted in dashing furiously... | |
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