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... feet in 1 Although Roberts probably saw Ukhaidir , and Beawes certainly did , it remained for Plaisted to record its ... feet by 531 feet . From whichever side it is viewed , thirteen bastions can be counted , the central doorway on each ...
... feet in 1 Although Roberts probably saw Ukhaidir , and Beawes certainly did , it remained for Plaisted to record its ... feet by 531 feet . From whichever side it is viewed , thirteen bastions can be counted , the central doorway on each ...
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... feet diameter , and between every tower or turret are two arches , making in all twenty - four on each side of the square ; these are filled up to within one foot of the surface of the wall , and give it a magnificent appearance . Most ...
... feet diameter , and between every tower or turret are two arches , making in all twenty - four on each side of the square ; these are filled up to within one foot of the surface of the wall , and give it a magnificent appearance . Most ...
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Hakluyt Society. arches , the middle one about twenty feet high ; under is a large hall , about seventy - two feet in length , and thirty - six broad . Over the entrance from the north - gate on the inside are three niches in the wall ...
Hakluyt Society. arches , the middle one about twenty feet high ; under is a large hall , about seventy - two feet in length , and thirty - six broad . Over the entrance from the north - gate on the inside are three niches in the wall ...
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