A Journey From Bengal To England: Through The Northern Part Of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, And Persia And Into Russia By The Caspian-See. In Two Volumes, Volume 2Faulder, 1798 - 297 pages |
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Page 48
... said , it was the more necessary to pray , that I might obtain better health . At midnight , I perceived a perfon endeavouring to take my turban from the bed - clothes , and being caught by the arm , he told me in a faultering voice ...
... said , it was the more necessary to pray , that I might obtain better health . At midnight , I perceived a perfon endeavouring to take my turban from the bed - clothes , and being caught by the arm , he told me in a faultering voice ...
Page 51
... said to have been first discovered in South America . Though the city is fo much frequented by merchants and travellers , it has no kara- vanfera ; and I thought myself fortunate in procuring admittance into an old mofque , where I ...
... said to have been first discovered in South America . Though the city is fo much frequented by merchants and travellers , it has no kara- vanfera ; and I thought myself fortunate in procuring admittance into an old mofque , where I ...
Page 67
... said , to himself , and which had never failed of fuccefs . Entertaining from the discourse of my physician , but a flender opinion of his ability , I used , under dif- ferent pretences , to fend Bagdafir out of the room , and difpofed ...
... said , to himself , and which had never failed of fuccefs . Entertaining from the discourse of my physician , but a flender opinion of his ability , I used , under dif- ferent pretences , to fend Bagdafir out of the room , and difpofed ...
Page 109
... said to eat the falt of his master , and when guilty of ingratitude , he is stig- matized with the name of a Nimmock Haram , or a polluter of his falt , which is , I believe , the only term applied by Mahometan nations to fuch an ...
... said to eat the falt of his master , and when guilty of ingratitude , he is stig- matized with the name of a Nimmock Haram , or a polluter of his falt , which is , I believe , the only term applied by Mahometan nations to fuch an ...
Page 136
... said , to believe that motives of curiofity , as I al- ledged , could have induced me to incur so much fatigue , danger , and expenfe , which were only to be compenfated by the prof- pect of gain , or a pilgrimage to Jerufalem . But the ...
... said , to believe that motives of curiofity , as I al- ledged , could have induced me to incur so much fatigue , danger , and expenfe , which were only to be compenfated by the prof- pect of gain , or a pilgrimage to Jerufalem . But the ...
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affiftance affociate Afghan Afghaniſtan Afiatic Aftracan Aga Mahomed againſt alfo alſo Armenian Attock Baku Cafpian fea cauſe Chriftian coffes confifts courſe defert Derbent diſtance diſtricts eaſt eaſtern empire eſpecially eſtabliſhed extenſive faid fect feemed feen feid fervice feven fhore fide filk firſt fituation fmall fociety fome foon fouthern fpecies ftream ftrong fubject fuch fupplied fupport furfungs furniſhed ghan Ghilan hadji Herat himſelf Hindoos horfe horſe houſe India inhabitants interfected journey Kabul kafilah Kandahar karavanfera Kaſhmire Kaſhmirians Khan Khorafan laſt leaſt Mahomet Mahometan Mazanderan miles moſt Mufchid muſt myſelf Nadir Shah neceffary obferved occafionally paffage paffed paffengers Pefhour Perfia perfon Peterſburgh pleaſure poffeffed prefent prince procured province purpoſe quarter refidence river road Ruffian ſaid ſeemed ſeen ſhould ſmall ſome ſpace ſtands ſtate ſtation Tartars theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Timur Shah tion town travellers Turcoman ufually uſe uſually veffel village weſtern whofe whoſe