Works, Volume 63Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 59
... runs up as far as Bossora ; which is a mistake1 , for the east 1 The author is wrong . The present - day Asshar ( Ashur ) Creek did then , as now , run up from the Euphrates ( Shatt el Arab ) into the city , dividing it into two parts ...
... runs up as far as Bossora ; which is a mistake1 , for the east 1 The author is wrong . The present - day Asshar ( Ashur ) Creek did then , as now , run up from the Euphrates ( Shatt el Arab ) into the city , dividing it into two parts ...
Page 78
... runs into a pool , full of reeds , and is very bad . Close by it there are two or three acres of ground , which appeared to have been lately tilled ; for the stubble , perhaps 1 As regards the term ' Ras el Ain , ' it is often used in ...
... runs into a pool , full of reeds , and is very bad . Close by it there are two or three acres of ground , which appeared to have been lately tilled ; for the stubble , perhaps 1 As regards the term ' Ras el Ain , ' it is often used in ...
Page 167
... runs are many large bushes , bearing a berry the size of a haw , called Zarour , having an agreeable acid taste . At ... run of being murdered , or at least ill- treated , by the guardians of the prophet's tomb , who are reported to be ...
... runs are many large bushes , bearing a berry the size of a haw , called Zarour , having an agreeable acid taste . At ... run of being murdered , or at least ill- treated , by the guardians of the prophet's tomb , who are reported to be ...
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