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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Akaba Arabia Arabs Arafat arrival Báb Baghdad Beder Bedouins Beishe Cairo called camels caravan carried chief coast Cosseir cultivated Damascus date-trees Derayeh Desert distant Djebel Djedeyde Djidda dollars douins dress East eastern Egypt Egyptian caravan encamped eunuchs four gardens gate ground Hadj hadjys Haram Harb harbour Háret Hedjaz Hedjra holy houses hundred ihram inhabitants journey Kaaba Kadhy Kasym Koran Mahmal Medina Mekka Mesdjed Moggrebyn Mohammed Aly Mohammed Aly Pasha Mohammedan Moslims mosque mountains Muna Nedjed neighbourhood neighbouring night passage passed Persian piastres pilgrimage pilgrims plague plain prayers principal provisions quarters road route Saoud Shammar Sheikh Sherif of Mekka ships side soldiers spot stone streets Suez Sultan Sultan of Egypt Syrian caravan Szafra tains Tayf tents tion tomb Tousoun Pasha town travellers trees tribe Turkish Turks valley village Wady Wahabys wall whole Yembo Yemen Zohran Zul Hadj
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Page 415 - This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (permanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts Q 1999
Page 157 - of the Faithful; a name bestowed upon it by Mohammed, who said: " Between my tomb and my pulpit is a garden of the gardens of Paradise." The pulpit of the mosque stands close to this partition, about midway between the Hedjra and the west wall of the mosque, and the name Rodha strictly
Page 149 - the manufacturing of those curtains. successors, Abou Beker and Omar. As far as I could learn here, these tombs are also covered with precious stuffs, and in the shape of catafalques, like that of Ibrahim in the great mosque of Mekka. They are said to be placed in the following order:
Page 150 - The historian says, that these tombs are deep holes ; and that the coffin which contains the dust of Mohammed, is cased with silver, and has on the top a marble slab, inscribed, " Bismillahi Allahuma Sally aley." (" In the name of God, bestow thy mercy upon him.") They did not always stand in their present position : Samhoudy places them at different times thus : an
Page 35 - in the midst of which many of their camels were reposing. The plain contained, dispersed in different parts, from twenty to twenty-five thousand camels, twelve thousand of which belonged to the Syrian Hadj, and from five • At the close of the sixteenth century, according to Kotobeddyn, the whole plain of Arafat
Page 377 - or, as it is called from the soil, Gherek-ed-Dessem, a plain of deep sand, four hours long, after which the road becomes less sandy and difficult, being covered with small stones. 14 hours. Djerdawye, a plain with wells of good water; from thence, in 7 hours, to Dat, the first town of
Page 67 - of camels, the smell from which rendered the air, even in the midst of the town, offensive, and certainly contributed to the many diseases now prevalent. Several hundreds of these carcases lay near the reservoirs of the Hadj, and the Arabs inhabiting that part of
Page 37 - Arafat. In former times, when the strength of the Syrian and Egyptian caravans happened to be nearly balanced, bloody affrays took place here almost every year betweenthem, each party endeavouring to outrun and to carry its
Page 356 - and Hashed Arabs of this district serve in the army of the Imam of Sana ; many of them go to India, and are preferred by the native princes there to any other class of soldiers : Tipoo Saheb had several hundred of them in his service. They generally embark at Shaher, in Hadramaut; and their chief destination at present
Page 97 - heated; the flesh is laid upon them, and then covered by cinders and the wet skin of the animal, and closely shut up with sand and clay. In an hour and a half the meat is cooked, and, as it loses none of its juices, has an excellent flavour. January 22nd. We left the well at halfpast three PM Route N.