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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... further north , the hind - quarter is short , and if it were not for the peculiarly handsome carriage of the tail would certainly want distinction . Their legs all seem to be extremely good ; but we have not seen in one of them that ...
... further north , the hind - quarter is short , and if it were not for the peculiarly handsome carriage of the tail would certainly want distinction . Their legs all seem to be extremely good ; but we have not seen in one of them that ...
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... even have found their way further south ; for the Ibn Saouds themselves are an Anazeh family . So that then , probably , as now , the best strains of blood were UH . XII . ] Arab Recipe for rearing a 14 [ CH . XII . A Pilgrimage to Nejd .
... even have found their way further south ; for the Ibn Saouds themselves are an Anazeh family . So that then , probably , as now , the best strains of blood were UH . XII . ] Arab Recipe for rearing a 14 [ CH . XII . A Pilgrimage to Nejd .
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... further on the palm gardens , which are its continuation , for about three miles down a ravine - like wady . Then we came out on the plain again , and at the last isolated group of ithel trees , halted for the last time to enjoy the ...
... further on the palm gardens , which are its continuation , for about three miles down a ravine - like wady . Then we came out on the plain again , and at the last isolated group of ithel trees , halted for the last time to enjoy the ...
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... further from the pilgrims , and we have a little wady all to ourselves , with plenty of good firewood , and food for the camels . February 3. - Though fires were lit this morning at four o'clock as if in preparation of an early start ...
... further from the pilgrims , and we have a little wady all to ourselves , with plenty of good firewood , and food for the camels . February 3. - Though fires were lit this morning at four o'clock as if in preparation of an early start ...
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... further west . February 11. - Some boys with camels joined us last night , Bedouins from the Abde tribe of Shammar , on their way to meet the Haj , as they have been ordered up by Ibn Rashid . They have given us some information about ...
... further west . February 11. - Some boys with camels joined us last night , Bedouins from the Abde tribe of Shammar , on their way to meet the Haj , as they have been ordered up by Ibn Rashid . They have given us some information about ...
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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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