Scherif s encampment with the bright mahmals and the gilt knobs of the grander pavilions ; whilst, on the southern and western sides, the tents of the vulgar crowded the ground, disposed in dowars, or circles, for penning cattle. After many calculations,... Cholera epidemics in East Africa, from 1821 till 1872 - Page 50by James Christie (M.D.) - 1876 - 508 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1856 - 514 pages
...regularly pitched camp of the guards that defend the unarmed pilgrims. To the eastward was the Sheriffs encampment with the bright mahmals and the gilt knobs...calculations, I estimated the number to be not less than 50,000, of all ages and sexes ; a sad falling off, it is true, but still considerable.* * All Bey (AD... | |
| Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1857 - 482 pages
...the eastward was the Sherifs encampment with the bright Mahmals and the gilt knobs of the grandees' pavilions ; whilst, on the southern and western sides,...calculations, I estimated the number to be not less than 50,000, of all ages and sexes ; a sad falling off, it is true, but still considerable.* The Holy Hill... | |
| Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1857 - 484 pages
...circles, for penning cattle. After many calculations, I estimated the number to be not less than 50,000, of all ages and sexes ; a sad falling off, it is true, but still considerable.* The Holy Hill owes its name f and honors to a wellknown legend. When our first parents forfeited heaven... | |
| Arabian Peninsula - 1872 - 354 pages
...regularly pitched camp of the guards that defend the unarmed pilgrims. To the eastward was the Scherif's encampment with the bright mahmals and the gilt knobs...calculations, I estimated the number to be not less that 50,000, of all ages and sexes." After the sermon on Arafat, which Burton describes in the same... | |
| Arabian Peninsula - 1874 - 368 pages
...regularly pitched camp of the guards that defend the unarmed pilgrims. To the eastward was the Scherif s encampment with the bright mahmals and the gilt knobs...calculations, I estimated the number to be not less that 50,000, of all ages and sexes." After the sermon on Arafat, which Burton describes in the same... | |
| Sir Richard Francis Burton, Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1879 - 576 pages
...the eastward was the Shérifs encampment, with the bright Mahmals and the gilt knobs of the grandees' pavilions; whilst on the southern and western sides,...tents of the vulgar crowded the ground, disposed in Dowar, or circles. After many calculations, I estimated the number to be not less than 50,000, of all... | |
| Bayard Taylor - 1892 - 334 pages
...regularly pitched camp of the guards that defend the unarmed pilgrims. To the eastward was the Scherif s encampment with the bright mahmals and the gilt knobs...to be not less than fifty thousand, of all ages and both sexes." After the sermon on Arafat, which Burton describes in the same manner as Burckhardt, the... | |
| Arabian Peninsula - 1892 - 340 pages
...defend the unarmed pilgrims. To the eastward was the Scherif's encampment with the bright rnahmals and the gilt knobs of the grander pavilions ; whilst,...to be not less than fifty thousand, of all ages and both sexes." After the sermon on Arafat, which Burton describes in the same manner as Burckhardt, the... | |
| Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1893 - 524 pages
...deep below the surface. 1 88 Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccali. the gilt knobs of the grandees' pavilions ; whilst on the Southern and Western sides...tents of the vulgar crowded the ground, disposed in Dowar, or circles. After many calculations, I estimated the number to be not fewer than 50,000 of all... | |
| Success - 1902 - 532 pages
...regularly pitched camp of the guards that defend the unarmed pilgrims. To the eastward was the Scherif s encampment with the bright mahmals and the gilt knobs...tents of the vulgar crowded the ground, disposed in dovvars, or circles, for penning cattle. After many calculations, I estimated the number to be not... | |
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