Wanderings in North AfricaJ. Murray, 1856 - 320 Seiten Description of a journey from Bengazi through Barca and the Libyan Desert to Cairo. |
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... Sheikh Senusi . - Morocco Miracles . - A Treasure - seeker's Tales . - Yusuf's Ingenuity.- Further exemplified . - My Captivity ended . - The Tables turned PAGE 261 CHAPTER XIX . Antiquities of Agharmy . - Ruins of a Temple.- Ancient ...
... Sheikh Senusi . - Morocco Miracles . - A Treasure - seeker's Tales . - Yusuf's Ingenuity.- Further exemplified . - My Captivity ended . - The Tables turned PAGE 261 CHAPTER XIX . Antiquities of Agharmy . - Ruins of a Temple.- Ancient ...
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... sheikh of Labiar brought me a small skin of milk , and I bought of him a sheep for the evening's meal , which he made me pay dear for , though he refused money for his milk , as to take money for it would be , as he said , ( ' aib ...
... sheikh of Labiar brought me a small skin of milk , and I bought of him a sheep for the evening's meal , which he made me pay dear for , though he refused money for his milk , as to take money for it would be , as he said , ( ' aib ...
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... sheikh of the Berasa , a tribe counting ten clans . The sheikhs of the other clans are subordinate to him ; and by intrigue or violence , each employed at the right time , he has made himself really the inde- pendent governor of the ...
... sheikh of the Berasa , a tribe counting ten clans . The sheikhs of the other clans are subordinate to him ; and by intrigue or violence , each employed at the right time , he has made himself really the inde- pendent governor of the ...
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... all the next day . This rough , but abundant hospitality , not unbefitting the traditional idea of an Arab sheikh , is exercised on a most liberal scale by Bu Bekr ; and the 60 WANDERINGS IN NORTH AFRICA . Chap . IV .
... all the next day . This rough , but abundant hospitality , not unbefitting the traditional idea of an Arab sheikh , is exercised on a most liberal scale by Bu Bekr ; and the 60 WANDERINGS IN NORTH AFRICA . Chap . IV .
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... Sheikh Es - Senousy , and their president in Grennah is a fanatic of the first water , who will not defile his eyes by even looking at a Christian . He busily employed himself after my arrival here , in impressing upon my servants the ...
... Sheikh Es - Senousy , and their president in Grennah is a fanatic of the first water , who will not defile his eyes by even looking at a Christian . He busily employed himself after my arrival here , in impressing upon my servants the ...
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