A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehJ. Murray, 1851 - 360 oldal |
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viii. oldal
... tribes who wandered amongst the ruins . Other mounds in the vicinity were identified with the hanging gardens , and those marvellous structures ... tribe of Zabulon . The first to engage in a serious examination of the viii INTRODUCTION .
... tribes who wandered amongst the ruins . Other mounds in the vicinity were identified with the hanging gardens , and those marvellous structures ... tribe of Zabulon . The first to engage in a serious examination of the viii INTRODUCTION .
xvii. oldal
... Hather . Gathering of the Caravan . Leave Mosul . The Desert . Flocks of Camels . The Haddedeen Arabs . An Arab Repast . An Encampment . An Arab Tribe moving . The a Tents of Sofuk . Description of the Shammar Sheikh .
... Hather . Gathering of the Caravan . Leave Mosul . The Desert . Flocks of Camels . The Haddedeen Arabs . An Arab Repast . An Encampment . An Arab Tribe moving . The a Tents of Sofuk . Description of the Shammar Sheikh .
3. oldal
... tribes took advantage of the confusion , and were plundering on all sides . With our usual good fortune , we succeeded in reach- ing Nisibin unmolested , although we ran daily risks , and more than once found ourselves in the midst of ...
... tribes took advantage of the confusion , and were plundering on all sides . With our usual good fortune , we succeeded in reach- ing Nisibin unmolested , although we ran daily risks , and more than once found ourselves in the midst of ...
4. oldal
... tribes of the desert . A Cawass , who had been sent with us by the Pasha of Mosul , alarmed at the solitude , and dreading the hostile Arabs , left us in the wilderness , and turned home- wards . But he fell into the danger he sought to ...
... tribes of the desert . A Cawass , who had been sent with us by the Pasha of Mosul , alarmed at the solitude , and dreading the hostile Arabs , left us in the wilderness , and turned home- wards . But he fell into the danger he sought to ...
13. oldal
... tribes , had not suffered less than the townspeople . The Pasha was accustomed to give instruc- tions to those who were sent to collect money , in three words— " Go , destroy , eat ; ' " * and his agents were not generally back- ward in ...
... tribes , had not suffered less than the townspeople . The Pasha was accustomed to give instruc- tions to those who were sent to collect money , in three words— " Go , destroy , eat ; ' " * and his agents were not generally back- ward in ...
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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