The Ansayrii, (or Assassins,): With Travels in the Further East, in 1850-51. Including a Visit to Ninevah, 第 1 巻R. Bentley, 1851 |
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Aintab Aleppo amidst ancient Ansayrii appears Arabs arches Armenian arrived baggage banks bazaars beauty Bedawee beneath Beyrout built called castle Christians church companion Constantinople curious Dahhal Damascus Desert Diarbekr Djebel dress East Eastern encampment entered Euphrates feet fellow gardens gate half Hamath hand handsome Haran hill Homs horses houses huge Ibrahim Pasha inhabitants inscription khan Koords Kubbes land Latakia Mahomet mare Maronite Marra minaret Montselim Moslem mosque Mosul mountains muleteer Mussulman nargilleh native night Orfa ornamented passed perhaps piastres pipe pitched plain poor prayer pretty probably Prophet repose rest river road rock rode round ruins Saphi Saracens sects seemed sent servants sheik side Sidon smoke spot stone Sultan Syria tents Terah tobacco tombs tower town traveller tribe Turkish Turkomans Turks village visited walk walls whole wild women
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