 | John Lewis Burckhardt - Travel - 1829 - 492 pages
...Ibrahim, but larger. Most of these gates have high pointed arches ; * Taking its name from the famous author of a History of Mekka, who lived in an adjoining...remained the property of the mosque, while the houses above them belong to private individuals. They are let out to watermen, who deposit in them the Zemzem... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1856 - 514 pages
...in these apartments arc allow cl to perform the Friday's prayers at home; because, having the Kaabah in view from the windows, they are supposed to be...assembled within the temple. Upon a level with the ground floor of the colonnades and opening into them are small apartments formed in the walls, having... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1857 - 484 pages
...without a devotee to perform " Tawaf." assembled within the temple. Upon a level with the ground floor of the colonnades and opening into them are small...remained the property of the Mosque while the houses above them belong to private individuals. They are let out to watermen, who deposit in them the Zem... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1857 - 482 pages
...in these apartments are allowed to perform the Friday's prayers at home ; because, having the Kaabah in view from the windows, they are supposed to be in the Mosque itself, and to join in prayer those * The Meccans love to boast that at no hour of the day or night is the Kaabah ever seen without a devotee... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton, Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1879 - 576 pages
...in these apartments are allowed to perform the Friday's prayers at home ; because, having the Kaabah in view from the windows, they are supposed to be in the Mosque itself, and to join in prnyer those assembled within the templo. U|x>na level with tho ground floor of the colonnades, and... | |
 | Thomas Patrick Hughes - Religion - 1885 - 794 pages
...with the ground-floor of the colonnades, mil opening Into them, are small apartment! formed in tho walls, having the appearance of dungeons ; these have remained the property of tho mosque, while tho houses abovo them - belong to private individuals. They are Itt out to watermen,... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1906 - 510 pages
...in these apartments are allowed to perform the Friday's prayers at home ; because, having the Kaabah in view from the windows, they are supposed to be...itself, and to join in prayer those assembled within the 1 The Meccans love to boast that at no hour of the day or night is the Ka'abah ever seen without a... | |
 | Patrick Hughes, Thomas Patrick Hughes - Religion - 1995 - 774 pages
...Friday's prayers at home, because, having the Ka'bah in view from the windows, they are supposed to be hi the mosque itself, and to join in prayer those assembled...these have remained the property of the mosque, while tho houses above them belong to private individuals. They are let out to watermen, who deposit in them... | |
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Windows have, in consequence, been opened in many parts of the walls, on a level with the street, and above that of the floor of the colonnades. Hadjys living in these apartments are allowed to perform the Friday's prayers at home ; because, having the... 