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... told that he asked per- mission of the people of the district in which I lived , on the other side of the mountains , to come with twenty- five men to make an end of the mission . Still farther to the south is Ain - il - Keroom ...
... told that he asked per- mission of the people of the district in which I lived , on the other side of the mountains , to come with twenty- five men to make an end of the mission . Still farther to the south is Ain - il - Keroom ...
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... told me was called by the people Blatanos ; and , therefore , this must be the castle referred to by Abulfeda * , who says , that after Saladin had * iv . 89 . taken Ladikeeh and the castle of Sahyoor , he dispersed 8 THE ASIAN MYSTERY .
... told me was called by the people Blatanos ; and , therefore , this must be the castle referred to by Abulfeda * , who says , that after Saladin had * iv . 89 . taken Ladikeeh and the castle of Sahyoor , he dispersed 8 THE ASIAN MYSTERY .
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... told by the governor of Tartoos , who remarked that the sword had never de- parted from his house . At present he has enough to do to maintain himself against the Kerahileh to the north , with whom , in my time , he has had a bloody ...
... told by the governor of Tartoos , who remarked that the sword had never de- parted from his house . At present he has enough to do to maintain himself against the Kerahileh to the north , with whom , in my time , he has had a bloody ...
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... told , 2,000 muskets . In the moun- tains south , called the Shaara , dwell the Denatchee Arabs , who , I was informed , came from Bagdad some 300 years ago , and number 500 horsemen . I only mention them to say that they are sometimes ...
... told , 2,000 muskets . In the moun- tains south , called the Shaara , dwell the Denatchee Arabs , who , I was informed , came from Bagdad some 300 years ago , and number 500 horsemen . I only mention them to say that they are sometimes ...
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... told me the other day , that they put him and his com- panions to flight , notwithstanding the thickness of their skins , when once they were spending the night in a village on the eastern side . To the north the country about Antioch ...
... told me the other day , that they put him and his com- panions to flight , notwithstanding the thickness of their skins , when once they were spending the night in a village on the eastern side . To the north the country about Antioch ...
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