A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the Cradle of the Arab Race: A Visit to the Court of the Arab Emir, and "our Persian Campaign"., Volume 2J. Murray, 1881 - Arabian Peninsula |
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... appearance of the country , its nature and resources , the reader sees that these are in rough but evident har- mony with the life and character of its inhabitants . " - Athenæum . " Lady Anne Blunt and her husband have every taste and ...
... appearance of the country , its nature and resources , the reader sees that these are in rough but evident har- mony with the life and character of its inhabitants . " - Athenæum . " Lady Anne Blunt and her husband have every taste and ...
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... appearance, and for style of galloping perhaps the best here, although less powerful than the Emir's chestnut and Hamud's bay. It is hard to choose among the three." " Of the eight horses, the best is a Shueyman Sbah of great power ...
... appearance, and for style of galloping perhaps the best here, although less powerful than the Emir's chestnut and Hamud's bay. It is hard to choose among the three." " Of the eight horses, the best is a Shueyman Sbah of great power ...
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... appearance , and for style of gallop- ing perhaps the best here , although less powerful than the Emir's chestnut and Hamúd's bay . It is hard to choose among the three . " " Of the eight horses , the best is a Shueyman Sbah of great ...
... appearance , and for style of gallop- ing perhaps the best here , although less powerful than the Emir's chestnut and Hamúd's bay . It is hard to choose among the three . " " Of the eight horses , the best is a Shueyman Sbah of great ...
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... appearance . Tied all day long by the foot they seem to have quite lost heart , and show none of the playfulness of their age . Their tameness , like that of the " fowl and the brute , " is shocking to see . The Emir tells us that every ...
... appearance . Tied all day long by the foot they seem to have quite lost heart , and show none of the playfulness of their age . Their tameness , like that of the " fowl and the brute , " is shocking to see . The Emir tells us that every ...
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... appearance of being an important chief . His tent was of the Turkish pattern , well lined and comfortable , with fine Persian carpets on the floor , and a divan . There Wilfrid found him sitting with a friend , Abd er - Rahim , the son ...
... appearance of being an important chief . His tent was of the Turkish pattern , well lined and comfortable , with fine Persian carpets on the floor , and a divan . There Wilfrid found him sitting with a friend , Abd er - Rahim , the son ...
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Aared Abdallah Abeyeh Ánazeh Ancient Arabia Arabs Awwad Bactiari Bagdad Bebahan Bedouins Beneyeh Bushire camels camp canora Crown 8vo Dafir delúl Deriyeh desert Dilam district Dizful Emir Emir's English escort Euphrates Fcap feet Feysul fuljes gallop Ghafil ghazú ground Haïl Hajji Mohammed Hamád Hasa Hauran hills History horsemen horses hour Huseyn hyæna Ibn Arûk Ibn Rashid Ibn Saoud Ibrahim Ibrahim Pasha Illustrations Jebel Aja Jebel Shammar Jôf journey Kerbela Kerim Koli Khan Laam Lady Anne Blunt look mare MESHARI Meshhed miles Mizban's Mohammed's morning Muttlak Nefûd Nejd Nejef night o'clock ourselves Pasha pasture Persian pilgrimage pilgrims plain Portrait Post 8vo Ram Hormuz rest Riad riding river road sand seems sent servants Seyd Abbas Sheykh Shustar Sirdal Student's tent Tigris tion to-day town travelling tribe Turkish valley village vols Wady Sirhan Wahhabi Wilfrid Woodcuts
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