Mesopotamia and Assyria: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time; with Illustrations of Their Natural History |
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... Kurdish tribes , which , derived chiefly from actual observation , have been confirmed by various per- sons , whose opinions , from their opportunities of judging , are entitled to the highest credit . The sketch of the natural history ...
... Kurdish tribes , which , derived chiefly from actual observation , have been confirmed by various per- sons , whose opinions , from their opportunities of judging , are entitled to the highest credit . The sketch of the natural history ...
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... Kurds - Habits - Face of the Country - Mountains - Rivers -Euphrates - Its Course - Scenery and Places along its Banks - Periods of Rise and Fall - The Tigris and Tributaries -Its Course - Shut el Arab - Khabour and Hermas - Greater and ...
... Kurds - Habits - Face of the Country - Mountains - Rivers -Euphrates - Its Course - Scenery and Places along its Banks - Periods of Rise and Fall - The Tigris and Tributaries -Its Course - Shut el Arab - Khabour and Hermas - Greater and ...
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... Kurds - Climate - Shahrasour - State and Chief of Re- wandooz - His Rise and Character - Pashalic and Pasha of Amadieh - Dr Ross's Description of the Meer , his Camp , Government , Army -- Scheme of executive Justice - Fate- Town of ...
... Kurds - Climate - Shahrasour - State and Chief of Re- wandooz - His Rise and Character - Pashalic and Pasha of Amadieh - Dr Ross's Description of the Meer , his Camp , Government , Army -- Scheme of executive Justice - Fate- Town of ...
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... Kurds— Religion Points of Similarity with the Scottish High- landers - Manners in Society and in domestic Life - Selim Aga - Roostum Aga - National Character- Personal Ap- pearance - Women - Turkomans - Christian Population- Nestorians ...
... Kurds— Religion Points of Similarity with the Scottish High- landers - Manners in Society and in domestic Life - Selim Aga - Roostum Aga - National Character- Personal Ap- pearance - Women - Turkomans - Christian Population- Nestorians ...
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... Kurds - Habits - Face of the Country - Mountains - Rivers -Euphrates - Its Course - Scenery and Places along its Banks - Periods of Rise and Fall - The Tigris and Tributaries -Its Course - Shut el Arab - Khabour and Hermas - Greater and ...
... Kurds - Habits - Face of the Country - Mountains - Rivers -Euphrates - Its Course - Scenery and Places along its Banks - Periods of Rise and Fall - The Tigris and Tributaries -Its Course - Shut el Arab - Khabour and Hermas - Greater and ...
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according Ainsworth ancient appears Arabs Armenia army Asshur Assyria Babel Babylon Babylonian Bagdad banks Birs bitumen bricks building built called canal capital Chaldeans chief Christian common Crassus crossed Ctesias Ctesiphon Cyrus death described Diarbekir district east eastern empire enemy Euphrates feet formed former Geographical Greeks ground gypsum height Herodotus Hillah hills horse inhabitants Jezirah Kasr Khabour king Kurdistan Kurds land limestone Mardin marshes Medes mentioned Mesopotamia miles monarch Mosul mounds mountains Mujelibé Nestorian Nimrod Nineveh Ninus Nisibin observed occupied Orfa palace Parthians Pasha passed Persian plain present prince reign remains remarkable Rich Rich's ridges rising river rock Roman ruins Samarra Scripture seen Seleucia sheik Shinar side Sinjar Solymaneah species square stone Strabo stream Surenas Syria Taurus temple of Belus tent thick Tigris tion towers town tract traveller tribe village walls whole Xenophon yards Yezidees