A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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vi. oldal
... Christian era , and about two hundred previous to the fall of the empire , must have been nearly the last of a long succession of kings who had ruled over the greater part of Asia . The later monarchs are more frequently mentioned in ...
... Christian era , and about two hundred previous to the fall of the empire , must have been nearly the last of a long succession of kings who had ruled over the greater part of Asia . The later monarchs are more frequently mentioned in ...
viii. oldal
... Christians and Mussulmans , and probably originated in the spot having been once occupied by a Christian church or convent , dedicated to the prophet . The building , which is supposed to cover the tomb , is very much venerated , and ...
... Christians and Mussulmans , and probably originated in the spot having been once occupied by a Christian church or convent , dedicated to the prophet . The building , which is supposed to cover the tomb , is very much venerated , and ...
xviii. oldal
... Christian Inha- bitants . Return to Mosul . Second Massacre in the Nestorian Moun- tains . Capture and Exile of Beder Khan Bey 122 CHAP . VIII . Invitation to the Feast of the Yezidis . Departure from Mosul . Baadri . Hussein Bey , the ...
... Christian Inha- bitants . Return to Mosul . Second Massacre in the Nestorian Moun- tains . Capture and Exile of Beder Khan Bey 122 CHAP . VIII . Invitation to the Feast of the Yezidis . Departure from Mosul . Baadri . Hussein Bey , the ...
18. oldal
... Christians were employed to dig into the mound about thirty years before , in search of stone for the repair of the tomb of Sultan Abd - Allah , a Mussulman Saint , buried on the left bank of the Tigris , a few miles below its junction ...
... Christians were employed to dig into the mound about thirty years before , in search of stone for the repair of the tomb of Sultan Abd - Allah , a Mussulman Saint , buried on the left bank of the Tigris , a few miles below its junction ...
24. oldal
... Christians , scattered in Mosul and the neighboring villages , or dwelling in the most inaccessible part of the mountains , their places of refuge from the devastating bands of Tamerlane , are probably the only descendants of that great ...
... Christians , scattered in Mosul and the neighboring villages , or dwelling in the most inaccessible part of the mountains , their places of refuge from the devastating bands of Tamerlane , are probably the only descendants of that great ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah amongst ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey British Museum brought building carried castle Cawass centre Chaldæans chamber chariot chief Christians descended desert Diodorus Siculus discovered discovery distance earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses human-headed Ibrahim Agha inhabitants inscriptions Ismail Pasha Jebours journey Kalah Kalah Sherghat Kasha Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurds lions Melek Mesopotamia monuments Mosul mound mountains Mussulmans N. W. Palace Nestorian night Nimroud Nineveh ornaments party Pasha plain plunder priests principal probably raft Rassam ravine reached remains resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Shammar Sheikh Adi Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones sun-dried bricks tents Tigris Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe valley village walls warriors whilst winged bulls winged figures women workmen Yezidis