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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... received the attentions which had hitherto been paid us . The presents of game ceased , and the lamb , with which we had hitherto been regaled at dinner , was replaced by camel meat . Instead of two soldiers being sent to escort us to ...
... received the attentions which had hitherto been paid us . The presents of game ceased , and the lamb , with which we had hitherto been regaled at dinner , was replaced by camel meat . Instead of two soldiers being sent to escort us to ...
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... received us on our arrival , and having ex- plained the circumstances bade him in his turn explain them to the Emir . The old man promised to do this , and I have no doubt kept his word , for that very even- ing we were sent for once ...
... received us on our arrival , and having ex- plained the circumstances bade him in his turn explain them to the Emir . The old man promised to do this , and I have no doubt kept his word , for that very even- ing we were sent for once ...
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... received at his hands . > The Emir then proposed that we should put off our departure , and go with him instead on a ghazú or warlike expedition he was starting on in a few days , a very attractive offer which might have been difficult ...
... received at his hands . > The Emir then proposed that we should put off our departure , and go with him instead on a ghazú or warlike expedition he was starting on in a few days , a very attractive offer which might have been difficult ...
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... received from Wilfrid as a remembrance a silver - handled Spanish knife , where- upon he sent for a black cloth cloak with a little gold embroidery on the collar and presented it to me . It was a suitable gift , for I had nothing of the ...
... received from Wilfrid as a remembrance a silver - handled Spanish knife , where- upon he sent for a black cloth cloak with a little gold embroidery on the collar and presented it to me . It was a suitable gift , for I had nothing of the ...
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... received ; so should we be if we conformed to Islam . The Persians , though tolerated by the Hejazi , were disliked as Persians as well as heretics , and often got beaten in Medina . He ( Saleh ) was going to collect money from them ...
... received ; so should we be if we conformed to Islam . The Persians , though tolerated by the Hejazi , were disliked as Persians as well as heretics , and often got beaten in Medina . He ( Saleh ) was going to collect money from them ...
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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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