A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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24. oldal
... soon as I was established in my new quarters . Like most men of his class , acknowledged freebooters * , he was frank and * The irregular cavalry , ( Hytas as they are called in this part of Turkey , and Bashi - bozuks in Roumelia and ...
... soon as I was established in my new quarters . Like most men of his class , acknowledged freebooters * , he was frank and * The irregular cavalry , ( Hytas as they are called in this part of Turkey , and Bashi - bozuks in Roumelia and ...
30. oldal
... soon after , and stated that as the Pasha was unwilling to detain me he would forward it during the night . I rode back to the village , and acquainted Daoud Agha with the result of my visit . About midnight , however , he returned to ...
... soon after , and stated that as the Pasha was unwilling to detain me he would forward it during the night . I rode back to the village , and acquainted Daoud Agha with the result of my visit . About midnight , however , he returned to ...
49. oldal
... soon as the two Arabs had reached the tents , and published the wonders they had seen every one mounted his mare and rode to the mound to satisfy himself of the truth of these inconceivable reports . When they beheld the head they all ...
... soon as the two Arabs had reached the tents , and published the wonders they had seen every one mounted his mare and rode to the mound to satisfy himself of the truth of these inconceivable reports . When they beheld the head they all ...
50. oldal
... soon got to the ears of the Cadi , who called the Mufti and the Ulema together , to consult upon this unexpected occurrence . Their deliberations ended in a procession to the Governor , and a formal protest , on the part of the ...
... soon got to the ears of the Cadi , who called the Mufti and the Ulema together , to consult upon this unexpected occurrence . Their deliberations ended in a procession to the Governor , and a formal protest , on the part of the ...
59. oldal
... soon emerged from the low limestone hills ; which , broken into a thousand rocky valleys , form a barrier between the Tigris and the plains of Mesopotamia . We now found ourselves in the desert , or rather CHAP . IV . 59 GATHERING OF ...
... soon emerged from the low limestone hills ; which , broken into a thousand rocky valleys , form a barrier between the Tigris and the plains of Mesopotamia . We now found ourselves in the desert , or rather CHAP . IV . 59 GATHERING OF ...
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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