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Page 32
... remained , and the merchants are not allowed to remove their effects till all demands from the Shaiks & c . are satisfied , which commonly requires some days ; and we were not suffered to carry with us to Bassora the least part of our ...
... remained , and the merchants are not allowed to remove their effects till all demands from the Shaiks & c . are satisfied , which commonly requires some days ; and we were not suffered to carry with us to Bassora the least part of our ...
Page 161
... remained for Plaisted to record its name . But to Carmichael belongs the credit of being the first Englishman to appreciate its wonders , to have the initiative both to explore it , and to attempt a detailed description of the ruins ...
... remained for Plaisted to record its name . But to Carmichael belongs the credit of being the first Englishman to appreciate its wonders , to have the initiative both to explore it , and to attempt a detailed description of the ruins ...
Page 164
... remained here till evening . I should have been glad , with agreeable company , to have made a progress along the river , being persuaded we should have met with many magnificent remains . The tomb of Ezekiel is said to be only twenty ...
... remained here till evening . I should have been glad , with agreeable company , to have made a progress along the river , being persuaded we should have met with many magnificent remains . The tomb of Ezekiel is said to be only twenty ...
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