Works, Volume 63Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 52
... whole Kingdom had not been reduced to his obedience . ' As a matter of fact Persia was at that moment in the throes of the turmoil which followed the assassination of Nadir Shah . Plaisted observes ' It is easy to concieve what dreadful ...
... whole Kingdom had not been reduced to his obedience . ' As a matter of fact Persia was at that moment in the throes of the turmoil which followed the assassination of Nadir Shah . Plaisted observes ' It is easy to concieve what dreadful ...
Page 71
... whole demand . For this purpose he made me a visit and told me he wanted to borrow of the French- man and me an hundred fundiklees1 , which is about fifty pounds , promising to give us an account of this money when he came to Aleppo . I ...
... whole demand . For this purpose he made me a visit and told me he wanted to borrow of the French- man and me an hundred fundiklees1 , which is about fifty pounds , promising to give us an account of this money when he came to Aleppo . I ...
Page 98
... whole company , and every one contributes his share in a just proportion . When their expences are extraordinary , on account of any danger they may meet with , they are all assessed alike . The Bashi they have chosen for several ...
... whole company , and every one contributes his share in a just proportion . When their expences are extraordinary , on account of any danger they may meet with , they are all assessed alike . The Bashi they have chosen for several ...
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