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Page 86
... houses in ruins . The gateway is arched and very bespoke Christian origin , and also a Greek inscription , and another ' in strange character . ' On his return in 1625 , he observed that the ' Franks ' of Aleppo kept a native agent ...
... houses in ruins . The gateway is arched and very bespoke Christian origin , and also a Greek inscription , and another ' in strange character . ' On his return in 1625 , he observed that the ' Franks ' of Aleppo kept a native agent ...
Page 89
... houses had domes in the fashion of bee - hives " . Then we proceeded to the place of rendezvous , where we found about twenty custom - house officers in their tents , near a spring and a stream of water . We encamped about three in the ...
... houses had domes in the fashion of bee - hives " . Then we proceeded to the place of rendezvous , where we found about twenty custom - house officers in their tents , near a spring and a stream of water . We encamped about three in the ...
Page 108
... houses have an arched alcove in this court open to the north and opposite the fountain . The pavement of this alcove is raised about a foot and a half above the pave- ment of the court and serves for a divan . Between this and the ...
... houses have an arched alcove in this court open to the north and opposite the fountain . The pavement of this alcove is raised about a foot and a half above the pave- ment of the court and serves for a divan . Between this and the ...
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