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... July the 6th . We continued at the same place , still waiting for the Bagdad caravan . This day one of the Sheik's soldiers came to ask me for money , telling me Mynheer Canta had given them some ; but I resolutely refused to comply ...
... July the 6th . We continued at the same place , still waiting for the Bagdad caravan . This day one of the Sheik's soldiers came to ask me for money , telling me Mynheer Canta had given them some ; but I resolutely refused to comply ...
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... July the 11th . We continued still in our camp . July the 12th . We proceeded on our journey an hour before sunrise ; and our road for the first two hours lay over a stony hill , after which we entered into a champain country with ...
... July the 11th . We continued still in our camp . July the 12th . We proceeded on our journey an hour before sunrise ; and our road for the first two hours lay over a stony hill , after which we entered into a champain country with ...
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... July the 19th . We proceeded on our journey just at sunrise , and passed between Tayba and the hills , and then entered into a gravelly plain . At nine we came among other hills , where the soil is as yellow as oker . After this we ...
... July the 19th . We proceeded on our journey just at sunrise , and passed between Tayba and the hills , and then entered into a gravelly plain . At nine we came among other hills , where the soil is as yellow as oker . After this we ...
Contents
A Journey from Aleppo to Basra in 1745 by William | 1 |
A Journey from Basra to Aleppo in 1748 by Gaylard | 41 |
A Similar Journey in 1750 by Bartholomew Plaisted | 129 |
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afternoon Ain el Qom Aleppo Amurath ancient appears Arabia Arabs arrived Asia Bagdad Bagdad caravan barren Bashaw Basra Bassora Battan Beawes Bengal breeze camels carav caravan caravan route Carmichael Course S.E. desert route distance East India encamped Euphrates European expence five four Ganam Gertrude Bell ground Gulf Hakluyt half an hour Haran hills hundred inhabitants journal journey from Busserah July Lakhmid loaded London mamoodies mentioned merchants Mesopotamia miles morning at seven Mount Gilead Mounted this morning Mousul Najaf Niebuhr night noon obliged Oglet Haran Orfa Ormuz overland Palmyra passage passed Persian piasters plain Plaisted plenty probably proceeded Rahba Rennell river road ruins rupees sandy servant seven Sheik shrubs side soil stones stony sunrise Syria Taiyibe Tavernier Teixeira thence three hours town travellers Turks twenty Ukhaidir Urfa valley village Voyage Wadi weather wind