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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... standing without exercise , all the Emir's mares have their hoofs overgrown . Their manes and tails are thicker than one would expect . " In their heads , however , there is certainly a general superiority to the Anazeh mares , at least ...
... standing without exercise , all the Emir's mares have their hoofs overgrown . Their manes and tails are thicker than one would expect . " In their heads , however , there is certainly a general superiority to the Anazeh mares , at least ...
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... standing rather " à fleur de tête . " But there should be nothing fleshy about their prominence , and each bone should be sharply edged ; a flat fore- head is disliked . The space round the eyes should be free of all hair , so as to ...
... standing rather " à fleur de tête . " But there should be nothing fleshy about their prominence , and each bone should be sharply edged ; a flat fore- head is disliked . The space round the eyes should be free of all hair , so as to ...
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... standing below some message with regard to the pilgrims . He seemed to be enjoy- ing the pleasure of his power over them , and it is absolute . To us he was very amiable , renewing all his protestations of friendship and regard , and ...
... standing below some message with regard to the pilgrims . He seemed to be enjoy- ing the pleasure of his power over them , and it is absolute . To us he was very amiable , renewing all his protestations of friendship and regard , and ...
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... standing quite alone in the plain . It is , like all the rest of the country now , of sandstone , and we were delighted to find it covered with inscriptions , * * Mr. Rassam , who has been digging at Babylon , informs me that these ...
... standing quite alone in the plain . It is , like all the rest of the country now , of sandstone , and we were delighted to find it covered with inscriptions , * * Mr. Rassam , who has been digging at Babylon , informs me that these ...
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... standing in the middle of the Nefûd , called Kasr Torba . It is square , with walls twenty feet high , and has a tower at each corner . It is garrisoned by four men , soldiers of Ibn Rashid's , who surlily refused us admittance , and ...
... standing in the middle of the Nefûd , called Kasr Torba . It is square , with walls twenty feet high , and has a tower at each corner . It is garrisoned by four men , soldiers of Ibn Rashid's , who surlily refused us admittance , and ...
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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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