The History of Arabia: Ancient and Modern ...Harper & Bros., 1834 |
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Side 38
... wall of naked rocks , as dismal and barren as can well be conceived . Here and there they imbosom a low sandy beach , but they are entirely destitute of soil or herbage , offering to the eye of the mariner a striking picture of ruin and ...
... wall of naked rocks , as dismal and barren as can well be conceived . Here and there they imbosom a low sandy beach , but they are entirely destitute of soil or herbage , offering to the eye of the mariner a striking picture of ruin and ...
Side 44
... a city of the Agarturi was twenty miles about ; and that Sabotale , the capital of the Atramitæ , had sixty temples within its walls . The grand geographical divisions laid down by Nie- buhr , 44 DESCRIPTION OF ARABIA .
... a city of the Agarturi was twenty miles about ; and that Sabotale , the capital of the Atramitæ , had sixty temples within its walls . The grand geographical divisions laid down by Nie- buhr , 44 DESCRIPTION OF ARABIA .
Side 47
... . The whole coast in this quarter exhibits the same bleak and steril aspect already noticed ; · ⚫ Niebuhr , Descript . Arab . tom . iii . p . 160-254 . presenting , in many places , a precipitous rocky wall DESCRIPTION OF ARABIA . 47 .
... . The whole coast in this quarter exhibits the same bleak and steril aspect already noticed ; · ⚫ Niebuhr , Descript . Arab . tom . iii . p . 160-254 . presenting , in many places , a precipitous rocky wall DESCRIPTION OF ARABIA . 47 .
Side 48
... wall towards the sea , alongside of which ships might float in safety . The name of Oman implies a land of peace or security , as contrasted with the unciv- ilized and inhospitable countries by which it is bounded . It is said to extend ...
... wall towards the sea , alongside of which ships might float in safety . The name of Oman implies a land of peace or security , as contrasted with the unciv- ilized and inhospitable countries by which it is bounded . It is said to extend ...
Side 65
... wall , to confine the waters at the mouth of the Tigris . The Persian Gulf is included by Nearchus , Arrian , Strabo , and other Greek writers , under the name of the Erythræan Sea , ―so denominated , as they allege , from a certain ...
... wall , to confine the waters at the mouth of the Tigris . The Persian Gulf is included by Nearchus , Arrian , Strabo , and other Greek writers , under the name of the Erythræan Sea , ―so denominated , as they allege , from a certain ...
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Abdallah Abu Beker Abu Moslem Abulfeda Africa Agatharcides Amru ancient apostle appear Arabia Arabs arms army Arrian authority battle beauty Bedouins besieged Burckhardt caliph camels capital captives celebrated chap chief Christian coast command conqueror conquests Damascus death descended desert Divine East Egypt emperor empire enemy Euphrates expedition faith famous favour gold Greeks gulf hand Hareth head heaven Hejaz Hejira Heraclius Hira Hist historians honour horse inhabitants Irak Islam Jews Kaaba Khaled Khoosroo kings Koran Koreish Mecca Medina miles Moawiyah Mohammed Mohammedan Moslems mosque mountains Musa Mussulman nations native Niebuhr Nooman Obeidah Omar Ommiades Persian plunder prince Prophet provinces Ptolemy reckoned Red Sea regions reign religion religious rocks Roman Sabæans sacred Saracens siege Sinai slave soldiers sovereign Strabo success Suez sword Syria Tarik temple territory throne tion town travellers tribes troops valour victory wealth whole writers Yemen Yezdijird Zobeir
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Side 90 - And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child, And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
Side 151 - There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, And hatch, and gather under her shadow : There shall the vultures also be gathered, Every one with her mate.
Side 276 - The harmony and copiousness of style will not reach, in a version, the European infidel; he will peruse with impatience the endless incoherent rhapsody of fable, and precept, and declamation, which seldom excites a sentiment or an idea, which sometimes crawls in the dust, and is sometimes...
Side 230 - is the key of heaven and of hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Side 158 - Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
Side 151 - And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
Side 286 - Sirat. which they say is laid over the midst of hell, and described to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword...
Side 158 - Syria was thy merchant By reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making : They occupied in thy fairs With emeralds, purple, and broidered work, And fine linen, and coral and agate.
Side v - History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern. Containing' a Description of the Country — an Account of its Inhabitants, Antiquities, Political Condition. and early Commerce — the Life and Religion of Mohammed— the Conquests, Arts, and Literature of the Saracens — the Caliphs of Damascus, Bagdad, Africa, and Spain — the Civil Government and Religious Ceremonies of the Modern Arabs — Origin and Suppression of the Wahabees — the Institutions, Character, Manners, and Customs of the Bedouins —...
Side 385 - Great God ! if my course were not stopped by this sea, I would still go on to the unknown kingdoms of the West, preaching the unity of thy holy name, and putting to the sword the rebellious nations who worship any other Gods than thee.