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; and a Comprehensive View of Its Natural History, Volume 2Oliver & Boyd, Tweeddale Court; and Simpkin & Marshall, London., 1833 - 464 pages |
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Abbassides Abdallah Aenezes ancient appearance Arabia Arabs arms army Bagdad Bedouins Burckhardt Cairo caliphs called camels capital caravans carried celebrated century ceremony chief chiefly colour command considerable consists covered Damascus Deraiah desert dowlah dress Egypt enemy expedition feet Gebel Ghaleb governor Gulf hajjis hand Hauran head Hejaz holy honour horses houses ihram imam India inhabitants Jidda Kaaba Koran Mecca Meccawees Medina ment Mocha Mohammed Mohammedan Moslem mosque Mount mountains natives neighbouring Nejed Niebuhr pasha Persian person pilgrimage pilgrims plunder possession prayers princes principal Prophet province provisions reckoned Red Sea reign round sacred Sanaa Saoud Saracens sheiks sheriff side silk Sinai soldiers sometimes sovereign species stone strangers Suez sultan sultans of Egypt sword Syria Taïf tains Temple tents tion tomb Toussoun town travellers tribes troops Turkish Turks visited Wady Wahabees walls whole Yembo Yemen
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Page 459 - I have seen at Medina and Tayf locust shops, where these animals were sold by measure. In Egypt and Nubia they are only eaten by the poorest beggars." " The Arabs, in preparing locusts as an article of food, throw them alive into boiling water with which a good deal of salt has been mixed. After a few minutes they are taken out and dried in the sun ; the head, feet, and wings are then torn off ; the bodies are cleansed from the salt and perfectly dried, after which process whole sacks are filled...
Page 21 - Among the other spectacles of rare and stupendous luxury was a tree of gold and silver spreading into eighteen large branches, on which, and on the lesser boughs, sat a variety of birds made of the same precious metals, as well as the leaves of the tree. While the machinery affected spontaneous motions, the several birds warbled their natural harmony. Through this scene of magnificence the Greek ambassador was led by the vizier to the foot of the caliph's throne.
Page 459 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 27 - The queen (he spoke of Irene) considered you as a rook and herself as a pawn. That pusillanimous female submitted to pay a tribute, the double of which she ought to have exacted from the Barbarians. Restore therefore the fruits of your injustice, or abide the determination of the sword.
Page 439 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted, Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 438 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwellings. He scorneth the multitude of the city, Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
Page 215 - ... and is bordered all round with a large plate of silver, about a foot broad. The part of the stone that is not covered by the silver at the angle, is almost a semi-circle, six inches in height, by eight inches six lines in diameter at its base.
Page 251 - as I was going to throw the stones, a facetious hadji met me ; saith he, " You may save your labour at present, if you please, for I have hit out the Devil's eyes already.
Page 34 - When the Arabian conquerors had spread themselves over the East, and were mingled with the servile crowds of Persia, Syria, and Egypt, they insensibly lost the freeborn and martial virtues of the desert. The courage of the South is the artificial fruit of discipline and prejudice; the active power of enthusiasm had decayed, and the mercenary forces of the caliphs were recruited in those climates of the North, of which valour is the hardy and spontaneous production.
Page 214 - It is an irregular oval, about seven inches in diameter, with an undulated surface, composed of about a dozen smaller stones of different sizes and shapes, well joined together with a small quantity of cement, and perfectly...