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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 31
Page 21
... friend he had hitherto been . Ill - temper is not an Arab failing . Still the incident was a lesson and a warning , a ... friends with the lion . We began to make our plans for moving on . It I have said little as yet about the Persian ...
... friend he had hitherto been . Ill - temper is not an Arab failing . Still the incident was a lesson and a warning , a ... friends with the lion . We began to make our plans for moving on . It I have said little as yet about the Persian ...
Page 22
... friends were there , Hamúd , Majid and the two boys his brothers , with a still smaller boy , whom they introduced to us as a son of Metaab , the late Emir , all in high spirits and anxious to show off their horses and their ...
... friends were there , Hamúd , Majid and the two boys his brothers , with a still smaller boy , whom they introduced to us as a son of Metaab , the late Emir , all in high spirits and anxious to show off their horses and their ...
Page 25
... friend , Abd er - Rahim , the son of a merchant of Kermanshah , who is also British consular agent there . The young Persians were very amiable ; but the contrast of their manners with those of the ceremonious Arabs struck Wilfrid at ...
... friend , Abd er - Rahim , the son of a merchant of Kermanshah , who is also British consular agent there . The young Persians were very amiable ; but the contrast of their manners with those of the ceremonious Arabs struck Wilfrid at ...
Page 26
... conversation in their own language . < Wilfrid , however , liked Ali Koli , and they parted very good friends , with an invitation from both the young CH . XIII . ] The secret stronghold . 27 26 [ CH . XIII . A Pilgrimage to Nejd .
... conversation in their own language . < Wilfrid , however , liked Ali Koli , and they parted very good friends , with an invitation from both the young CH . XIII . ] The secret stronghold . 27 26 [ CH . XIII . A Pilgrimage to Nejd .
Page 31
... friendship and regard , and offering to give us anything we might choose to ask for , dromedaries for the journey , or one of his mares . This , although we should have liked to accept the last offer , we of course declined , Wilfrid ...
... friendship and regard , and offering to give us anything we might choose to ask for , dromedaries for the journey , or one of his mares . This , although we should have liked to accept the last offer , we of course declined , Wilfrid ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
Page 283 - 6d. History of Egypt under the the East. From the Earliest Times to the Conquest of Alexander the Great ; including Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Media, Persia, Asia Minor, and Phoenicia. By PHILIP SMITH. Woodcuts. Post 8vo, 7s. 6d. Nile Gleanings: the Ethnology, Pharaohs. Derived from the Monuments. With Memoir on the Exodus of the Israelites. By Dr.
Page 18 - CH OWEN. Illustrations. 8vo 15s. The Administration of Justice under Military and Martial Law, as applicable to the Army, Navy, Marine, and Auxiliary Forces. By CM CLODE. 8VO, I2S. History of the Administration and Government of the British Army from the Revolution of 1688. ByC. M. CLODE. 2 vols. 8vo,
Page 21 - Creation to the Return of the Jews from Captivity. With an Introduction by PHILIP SMITH. Maps and Woodcuts. Post 8vo, 7s. 6d. Student's New Testament History. With an Introduction connecting the History of the Old and New Testaments. By PHILIP SMITH. Maps and Woodcuts. Post 8vo, 7s. 6d. Student's Manual of Ecclesiastical History of the Christian Church, from the
Page 21 - 74 Woodcuts. 16mo, 3s. 6d. A Smaller History of Rome, from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. Woodcuts. 16mo. 3 s. 6d. A Smaller Classical Mythology. With Translations from the Ancient Poets, and Questions on the Work. With 90 Woodcuts. 16mo, 3s.
Page 20 - EDUCATIONAL WORKS. DR. WM. SMITH'S DICTIONARIES. A Dictionary of the Bible ; Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography, and Natural History. Illustrations. 3 vols. 8vo, 105s. A Concise Bible Dictionary. For the use of Students and Families. Condensed from the above. With Maps and 300 Illustrations. 8vo,
Page 2 - Legal and Scientific. Lives of the Lord Chancellors and KEEPERS of the GREAT SEAL of ENGLAND, from the Earliest Times to the death of Lord Eldon, 1838. By Lord CAMPBELL.
Page 5 - 2S. Letters from the Shores of the Baltic. By a LADY. Post 8vo, 2s. Letters from High Latitudes : An Account of a Yacht Voyage to Iceland, Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen. By Lord DUFFERIN. Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. The Bible in Spain; or the