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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... Their horses - We are adopted by the tribe - The Haj again - Ambar sends round the hat - A forced march of one hundred and seventy miles - Terrible loss of camels - Nejef 49 73 CHAPTER XVI . The Shrines of the Shias - Bedouin.
... Their horses - We are adopted by the tribe - The Haj again - Ambar sends round the hat - A forced march of one hundred and seventy miles - Terrible loss of camels - Nejef 49 73 CHAPTER XVI . The Shrines of the Shias - Bedouin.
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... Their horses -- We are adopted by the tribe - The Haj again - Ambar sends round the hat - A forced march of one hundred and seventy miles - Terrible loss of camels - Nejef 49 73 CHAPTER XVI . The Shrines of the Shias - Bedouin.
... Their horses -- We are adopted by the tribe - The Haj again - Ambar sends round the hat - A forced march of one hundred and seventy miles - Terrible loss of camels - Nejef 49 73 CHAPTER XVI . The Shrines of the Shias - Bedouin.
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... hundred animals in the Haïl stables , there were about forty greys or rather whites , thirty bays , twenty chestnuts , and the rest brown . We did not see a real black , and of course there are no roans , or piebalds , or duns , for ...
... hundred animals in the Haïl stables , there were about forty greys or rather whites , thirty bays , twenty chestnuts , and the rest brown . We did not see a real black , and of course there are no roans , or piebalds , or duns , for ...
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... hundred yearlings down to Queyt on the Persian Gulf under charge of one of his slaves , who sells them at Bombay for £ 100 apiece . They are of course now at their worst age , but they have the prospect of a few months ' grazing in the ...
... hundred yearlings down to Queyt on the Persian Gulf under charge of one of his slaves , who sells them at Bombay for £ 100 apiece . They are of course now at their worst age , but they have the prospect of a few months ' grazing in the ...
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... hundred horsemen , and even the Muteyr , reputed to be the greatest breeders of thoroughbred stock in Nejd , are said to possess only 400 mares . The horse is a luxury with the Bedouins of the Peninsula , and ✓ not , as it is with ...
... hundred horsemen , and even the Muteyr , reputed to be the greatest breeders of thoroughbred stock in Nejd , are said to possess only 400 mares . The horse is a luxury with the Bedouins of the Peninsula , and ✓ not , as it is with ...
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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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