A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJ. Murray, 1851 - 360 oldal |
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25. oldal
... plunder and ill - treat as they think fit . When a Hyta - bashi has established a reputation for himself , his followers are numerous and devoted . He wanders about the provinces , and like a condottiere of the middle ages , sells his ...
... plunder and ill - treat as they think fit . When a Hyta - bashi has established a reputation for himself , his followers are numerous and devoted . He wanders about the provinces , and like a condottiere of the middle ages , sells his ...
32. oldal
... plunder me as I worked at the mound . After a short engage- ment , the Arabs were compelled to recross the river . I continued to employ a few men to open trenches by way of experiment , and was not long in finding other sculptures ...
... plunder me as I worked at the mound . After a short engage- ment , the Arabs were compelled to recross the river . I continued to employ a few men to open trenches by way of experiment , and was not long in finding other sculptures ...
39. oldal
... plunder the villages . All the great men of the Abou - Salman perished in encounters with the Bedouin † , and Injeh Bairakdar , Mo- hammed Pasha , upon whom God has had mercy , acknowledged our fidelity and treated us with honor . When ...
... plunder the villages . All the great men of the Abou - Salman perished in encounters with the Bedouin † , and Injeh Bairakdar , Mo- hammed Pasha , upon whom God has had mercy , acknowledged our fidelity and treated us with honor . When ...
40. oldal
... plunder for the future , and to present himself to Ismail Pasha , of whose con- ciliatory conduct he had already heard . It was nearly the middle of February before I thought it prudent to make fresh experiments among the ruins . To ...
... plunder for the future , and to present himself to Ismail Pasha , of whose con- ciliatory conduct he had already heard . It was nearly the middle of February before I thought it prudent to make fresh experiments among the ruins . To ...
56. oldal
... plunder , or specu- lated on the site of the tents of Sofuk , until the moon rose , when they vaulted into their saddles and took the way of the desert . 66 The plain now glittered with innumerable fires . As the night advanced , they ...
... plunder , or specu- lated on the site of the tents of Sofuk , until the moon rose , when they vaulted into their saddles and took the way of the desert . 66 The plain now glittered with innumerable fires . As the night advanced , they ...
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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 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 represented 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