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... loaded with merchandize and near as many more with passengers and baggage , the rest mounted by the Arabs themselves or empty for want of freight , the returns from Aleppo being considerable compared to what is carried from Bassora ...
... loaded with merchandize and near as many more with passengers and baggage , the rest mounted by the Arabs themselves or empty for want of freight , the returns from Aleppo being considerable compared to what is carried from Bassora ...
Page 30
... loaded camel having passed three days without food complains grievously ; the fourth day he will trip frequently , and the fifth is not able to proceed , nor will he hold out so long without absolutely anything . But what renders these ...
... loaded camel having passed three days without food complains grievously ; the fourth day he will trip frequently , and the fifth is not able to proceed , nor will he hold out so long without absolutely anything . But what renders these ...
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... loaded camels from Meshed Ali were set out on their journey . About five in the afternoon about an hundred of them arrived . July the 2nd . We began to set forward half an hour before sunrise , at first through a sandy soil , and ...
... loaded camels from Meshed Ali were set out on their journey . About five in the afternoon about an hundred of them arrived . July the 2nd . We began to set forward half an hour before sunrise , at first through a sandy soil , and ...
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