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... carried a pouch full of precious stones , including , it would appear , a famous diamond ' engraved with the English Arms1 ' and was in the habit of firing off his pistol at anyone he did not like the look of , yet he got through safely ...
... carried a pouch full of precious stones , including , it would appear , a famous diamond ' engraved with the English Arms1 ' and was in the habit of firing off his pistol at anyone he did not like the look of , yet he got through safely ...
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... carried from Bassora ; and what likewise renders the caravan numerous , independant of merchants , are the armed Arabs in case of necessity . The Shauks [ Sheikhs ] and their attendants and many poor Arabs join the caravans from Bassora ...
... carried from Bassora ; and what likewise renders the caravan numerous , independant of merchants , are the armed Arabs in case of necessity . The Shauks [ Sheikhs ] and their attendants and many poor Arabs join the caravans from Bassora ...
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... carried over the great desert to Aleppo . The Bashaw always endeavours to prevail on the merchants to take the ... carry his own provisions along with him , for he will meet with nothing but sheep and fowls in his passage , and these he ...
... carried over the great desert to Aleppo . The Bashaw always endeavours to prevail on the merchants to take the ... carry his own provisions along with him , for he will meet with nothing but sheep and fowls in his passage , and these he ...
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