A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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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 ...
14. oldal
... tribes , which cultivate a little land on the borders of the Desert , and are distinguished , by their more sedentary habits , from the Bedouins . Near him were three women , lean and haggard , their heads almost concealed in black ...
... tribes , which cultivate a little land on the borders of the Desert , and are distinguished , by their more sedentary habits , from the Bedouins . Near him were three women , lean and haggard , their heads almost concealed in black ...
15. oldal
... tribe having been plundered by the Pasha , and being now scattered in different parts of the country , he had taken refuge in this ruined village . He had learnt a little Turkish , and was intel- ligent and active . Seeing , at once ...
... tribe having been plundered by the Pasha , and being now scattered in different parts of the country , he had taken refuge in this ruined village . He had learnt a little Turkish , and was intel- ligent and active . Seeing , at once ...
21. oldal
Austen Henry Layard. Whilst at Mosul , Mormous , an Arab of the tribe of Hadde- deen , informed me that figures had been accidentally uncovered in a mound near the village of Tel Kef . As he offered to take me to the place , we rode out ...
Austen Henry Layard. Whilst at Mosul , Mormous , an Arab of the tribe of Hadde- deen , informed me that figures had been accidentally uncovered in a mound near the village of Tel Kef . As he offered to take me to the place , we rode out ...
24. oldal
... tribes brought by the early Turkish Sultans from the north of Asia Minor , to people a country which had been laid waste by repeated massacres and foreign invasions . In this portion of the Ottoman Empire , there is scarcely , except in ...
... tribes brought by the early Turkish Sultans from the north of Asia Minor , to people a country which had been laid waste by repeated massacres and foreign invasions . In this portion of the Ottoman Empire , there is scarcely , except 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 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