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" 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 50
by James Christie (M.D.) - 1876 - 508 pages
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Madinah and Meccah

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...
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah, Volume 2

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...
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah, Volume 2

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...
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Travels in Arabia

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...
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Travels in Arabia

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...
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Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Meccah and Medinah

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...
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Travels in Arabia

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...
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Travels in Arabia

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...
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Volume 2

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...
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Modern Achievement, Volume 8

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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