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... remains of course the beautiful Ser- aglio Point , with its cypress trees and domes and kiosks , but elsewhere the East is fast disappearing under Western influence . The great mosques of - Stamboul , with their tall minarets , still ...
... remains of course the beautiful Ser- aglio Point , with its cypress trees and domes and kiosks , but elsewhere the East is fast disappearing under Western influence . The great mosques of - Stamboul , with their tall minarets , still ...
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... remains , after being exposed to the fury of the fanatical mob for three days , were , it is said , only recognisable from a scar upon one of his hands . Of European Tiflis there remains but little to be said , unless it be to avow the ...
... remains , after being exposed to the fury of the fanatical mob for three days , were , it is said , only recognisable from a scar upon one of his hands . Of European Tiflis there remains but little to be said , unless it be to avow the ...
Page 67
... remains the same as it did when Persia held the place , and so strong was it in those days that the Russian army was cut to pieces in 1804 during its siege , nor was it until Prince Paskievitch Erivanski besieged it in 1827 that the ...
... remains the same as it did when Persia held the place , and so strong was it in those days that the Russian army was cut to pieces in 1804 during its siege , nor was it until Prince Paskievitch Erivanski besieged it in 1827 that the ...
Page 107
Walter Burton Harris. THE BLUE MOSQUE . 107 greatest beauty the little that remains of it to - day still certifies , for not only were its proportions per- fect , but also the detail of the decoration that still remains is sufficient to ...
Walter Burton Harris. THE BLUE MOSQUE . 107 greatest beauty the little that remains of it to - day still certifies , for not only were its proportions per- fect , but also the detail of the decoration that still remains is sufficient to ...
Page 109
... Ali Shah , it contained at one time a magnificent mosque within its walls , of which no trace now remains . An idea of the size and labour of building this extraordinary structure can be imagined when it is stated that its walls are nearly.
... Ali Shah , it contained at one time a magnificent mosque within its walls , of which no trace now remains . An idea of the size and labour of building this extraordinary structure can be imagined when it is stated that its walls are nearly.
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