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... inhabitants , as in the time of Ibn- Batoutah , the Moghrebbin traveller , some 500 years ago , are Turcomans . I once spent an evening with Hafiz Aga , the governor of the district , who is nephew of the chief man of Oordee . He was in ...
... inhabitants , as in the time of Ibn- Batoutah , the Moghrebbin traveller , some 500 years ago , are Turcomans . I once spent an evening with Hafiz Aga , the governor of the district , who is nephew of the chief man of Oordee . He was in ...
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... inhabitants are again of the Shemseeh sect , while , farther south , in the mountains , all are Kumreeh . In their district is a castle , which the late Dr. Eli Smith , of Beyrout , told me was called by the people Blatanos ; and ...
... inhabitants are again of the Shemseeh sect , while , farther south , in the mountains , all are Kumreeh . In their district is a castle , which the late Dr. Eli Smith , of Beyrout , told me was called by the people Blatanos ; and ...
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... inhabitants are wilder and fiercer than perhaps any others in the mountains . Buried in their lonely gorges they only issue from them to rob , or help their friends the Kelbeeh in some fight with an adjoining district , or with the ...
... inhabitants are wilder and fiercer than perhaps any others in the mountains . Buried in their lonely gorges they only issue from them to rob , or help their friends the Kelbeeh in some fight with an adjoining district , or with the ...
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... inhabitants of the district of Simt Kublee , which is to the south of the Beni Ali , and the most southern of the mountain districts of Ladikeeh , which are inhabited exclusively by Ansaireeh , and governed by Ansairee chiefs . As we ...
... inhabitants of the district of Simt Kublee , which is to the south of the Beni Ali , and the most southern of the mountain districts of Ladikeeh , which are inhabited exclusively by Ansaireeh , and governed by Ansairee chiefs . As we ...
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... inhabitants even of the districts , such as Kadmoos and Masyad , which are governed by Ismaelee chiefs . The district to which Castle Kadmoos gives its name is to the east of Merkab . South - east from Merkab , where the mountains leave ...
... inhabitants even of the districts , such as Kadmoos and Masyad , which are governed by Ismaelee chiefs . The district to which Castle Kadmoos gives its name is to the east of Merkab . South - east from Merkab , where the mountains leave ...
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