A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... tribe CHAPTER XVI . Sheikh of the Alouins and his Son - Bedouins rushing to Action - Chiefs of the Howât Tribe -The Desert 414011 - p . 1 25 39 CHAPTER XVII . Arab Superstition - Bedouins of the Tiyayah-
... tribe CHAPTER XVI . Sheikh of the Alouins and his Son - Bedouins rushing to Action - Chiefs of the Howât Tribe -The Desert 414011 - p . 1 25 39 CHAPTER XVII . Arab Superstition - Bedouins of the Tiyayah-
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... Tribes of the Alouins CHAPTER XXIV . Ruins of El Deir- Khasné - Wady Araba- Course of the Jordan - Shore of the Dead Sea 147 173 195 CHAPTER XXV . Great Mosque of Omar - Mosque of El Aksa- Pools of Solomon - Sheikh Said of Gaza- Convent ...
... Tribes of the Alouins CHAPTER XXIV . Ruins of El Deir- Khasné - Wady Araba- Course of the Jordan - Shore of the Dead Sea 147 173 195 CHAPTER XXV . Great Mosque of Omar - Mosque of El Aksa- Pools of Solomon - Sheikh Said of Gaza- Convent ...
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... tribe and the Mezeiné Arabs , who live between the convent and Akaba . They had long been at variance on account of the Oulad Said tribes having had the monopoly of conveying travellers to and from the con- These Arabs , as Hussein is ...
... tribe and the Mezeiné Arabs , who live between the convent and Akaba . They had long been at variance on account of the Oulad Said tribes having had the monopoly of conveying travellers to and from the con- These Arabs , as Hussein is ...
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... tribe , and that his would be the responsibility should anything occur . He said the men required nothing - that they would carry their own provisions that for his own defence and for that of his tribe it was necessary that they should ...
... tribe , and that his would be the responsibility should anything occur . He said the men required nothing - that they would carry their own provisions that for his own defence and for that of his tribe it was necessary that they should ...
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... tribes . The real truth is , that most of them are starving , as there has been little or no- rain for three years , and the poorer ones do not like to see others gaining money by travellers , while they have no share in the profits ...
... tribes . The real truth is , that most of them are starving , as there has been little or no- rain for three years , and the poorer ones do not like to see others gaining money by travellers , while they have no share in the profits ...
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Akaba Alouins appeared Arabs Armenian arrived ascended Baalbec baggage beautiful Bedouins Beirout camels chapel CHAPTER chasm church cliffs colour convent covered crags cultivated Dead Sea defile desert dromedary Edom encamped entered excavations Fellaheen gardens glen goats Hebron hills Holy Horeb horses Howâts Hussein Ibrahim Jehoshaphat Jerusalem JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS July Khasné ladies land Lebanon looked Mehemet Ali Mezeiné monks morning mosque Mount Hor Mount Lebanon Mount of Olives mountain ornaments Oulad Pacha party passed peaks Petra pitched plain pool of Siloam precipices ravines reached rising road rocks rode round ruins sacred sand scene seems seen sepulchres Sheikh side Sinai spot stone summit Taif Allah Tancred temple tent Tiyayah told tombs took Toualeb town track travellers trees tribe valley valley of Jehoshaphat village visited Wady Araba Wady Mousa walls wild winding Zion
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Page 135 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter ; for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
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Page 136 - For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for My people and for My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted My land.
Page 135 - And they have built the high places of tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which J commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.