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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... travellers who have seen so much of desert life in Arabia . Lady Anne's book is at times spirited , always unaffected , and in its utter simplicity , resembles Bedouin life . " — Academy . " Lady Anne Blunt fitly completes a triad of ...
... travellers who have seen so much of desert life in Arabia . Lady Anne's book is at times spirited , always unaffected , and in its utter simplicity , resembles Bedouin life . " — Academy . " Lady Anne Blunt fitly completes a triad of ...
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... travelling from village to village on foot . Longer journeys are performed on dromedaries brought in from the desert for the purpose , which are either the property of Bedouins or held with them by the citizens on shares . The Nefûds ...
... travelling from village to village on foot . Longer journeys are performed on dromedaries brought in from the desert for the purpose , which are either the property of Bedouins or held with them by the citizens on shares . The Nefûds ...
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... travelling in state having his mother with him , and a multitude of servants , male and female , besides his hemeldaria or contractor , and the Arabs managing his beasts . His major - domo and interpreter was a magnificent personage ...
... travelling in state having his mother with him , and a multitude of servants , male and female , besides his hemeldaria or contractor , and the Arabs managing his beasts . His major - domo and interpreter was a magnificent personage ...
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... travelling . " Was ever anything seen so miser- able as the bazaar at Hail ; not a bag of sweet- meats to be had for love or money , the Arabs were mere barbarians , drinkers of coffee instead of tea . " Every now and then , too , they ...
... travelling . " Was ever anything seen so miser- able as the bazaar at Hail ; not a bag of sweet- meats to be had for love or money , the Arabs were mere barbarians , drinkers of coffee instead of tea . " Every now and then , too , they ...
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... travellers with samples of goods all over Asia ; and wherever they stopped on the road , if there was a convenient bit of soft rock , they scratched their names on it , and drew pictures of animals . The explanation may be the true one ...
... travellers with samples of goods all over Asia ; and wherever they stopped on the road , if there was a convenient bit of soft rock , they scratched their names on it , and drew pictures of animals . The explanation may be the true one ...
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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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