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... valley of the Euphrates , but made a direct line across the North Syrian Desert from Aleppo to Hit , and on approaching the river valley , sheered off again into the desert -following a course parallel to , but about 20 to 30 miles ...
... valley of the Euphrates , but made a direct line across the North Syrian Desert from Aleppo to Hit , and on approaching the river valley , sheered off again into the desert -following a course parallel to , but about 20 to 30 miles ...
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... valley between some hills . E.N.E. one hour ; then turning in the direction of the valley two hours , encamped , about three quarters after four in the afternoon , in a low valley , not quite a mile broad , between the Hills Manelyal1 ...
... valley between some hills . E.N.E. one hour ; then turning in the direction of the valley two hours , encamped , about three quarters after four in the afternoon , in a low valley , not quite a mile broad , between the Hills Manelyal1 ...
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... valley is about one mile broad , and two long3 ; in the middle of it are several large bushes , and many wells of indifferent Spaw water . There are a number of graves with cut stones on the hill , on the south - east side , which make ...
... valley is about one mile broad , and two long3 ; in the middle of it are several large bushes , and many wells of indifferent Spaw water . There are a number of graves with cut stones on the hill , on the south - east side , which make ...
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