Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates, Volume 2J. Murray, 1879 - 445 pages |
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Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates;, Volume 2 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt,Anne Blunt No preview available - 2018 |
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Abd er Rahman Akíd Aleppo Amúr Ánazeh ancient Arabia Arabs Arak arrived Bagdad Bedouin Beteyen blood breed camels camp caravan Consul Crown 8vo Damascus delúl desert Desert Lark Deyr Edition England English Euphrates Faris Fcap felláhin Ferhán gallop gazelle Ghanim ghazú Gomussa grass ground Hama Hamád Hánna head hills History honour horses hundred Huseyn ibn Mershid Ibn Shaalán Illustrations inhabitants Jebel Shammar Jedáan journey Kehîlan look Medium 8vo Mehéd Meshúr Mesopotamia miles Moáli Moáyaja Mohammed Dukhi Mohammed's morning Nejd never night once Palmyra party Pasha pasture peace plain Portrait Post 8vo present pure Bedouins quarrel riding river Roála rode Samhan Sebáa seems seen sent sheep Sheykh Sheykh's tent sight Sleb Sotamm Tamarisk thing thousand Tigris tion to-day told towns travellers Tudmur Turkish Turks valley villages Vols wady Wilfrid Woodcuts
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