A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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Page 44
... Euphrates . Pop . has been estimated at 20,000 , which , if the town be two thirds the size of Aleppo , as stated by Maundrell ( Journal , 210. ) , can scarcely be considered as exaggerated . The inhabitants consist of nearly equal ...
... Euphrates . Pop . has been estimated at 20,000 , which , if the town be two thirds the size of Aleppo , as stated by Maundrell ( Journal , 210. ) , can scarcely be considered as exaggerated . The inhabitants consist of nearly equal ...
Page 51
... Euphrates . Here are several large khans , principally occupied by Frank and other foreign merchants . These are handsome and convenient buildings , containing counting - houses and store - rooms ranged round an interior court , in ...
... Euphrates . Here are several large khans , principally occupied by Frank and other foreign merchants . These are handsome and convenient buildings , containing counting - houses and store - rooms ranged round an interior court , in ...
Page 52
... Euphrates ; its inhabit- ants , a great proportion of whom are sheriff's ( de- scendants of the Prophet ) , are the mildest and most tolerant among the professors of Mohammedanism . These circumstances have made it the resort of ...
... Euphrates ; its inhabit- ants , a great proportion of whom are sheriff's ( de- scendants of the Prophet ) , are the mildest and most tolerant among the professors of Mohammedanism . These circumstances have made it the resort of ...
Page 120
... Euphrates , 160 m . N. W. Bagdad , lat . 34 ° 10 ' N. , long . 41 ° 47 ' E. It is finely situated on the route of the caravans that cross the desert of Mesopotamia . It was surprised in 1807 by the Wahabites , who , after com- mitting ...
... Euphrates , 160 m . N. W. Bagdad , lat . 34 ° 10 ' N. , long . 41 ° 47 ' E. It is finely situated on the route of the caravans that cross the desert of Mesopotamia . It was surprised in 1807 by the Wahabites , who , after com- mitting ...
Page 129
... Euphrates . The countries contiguous to Arabia are , on the N. the Asiatic provinces of the Turkish Empire ; on the W. Egypt and Abyssinia ; on the S. Adel , the most easterly portion of Africa ; and on the N.E. Persia . On the E ...
... Euphrates . The countries contiguous to Arabia are , on the N. the Asiatic provinces of the Turkish Empire ; on the W. Egypt and Abyssinia ; on the S. Adel , the most easterly portion of Africa ; and on the N.E. Persia . On the E ...
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