The Modern Traveller: A Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe, 2. köideWells & Lilly, 1830 |
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... Mahommed Bey , entered Palestine , at the head of 500 Mamalouks , and occupied the coast so as to be in communication with the Sheikh at Acre . Having there effected a junction with 1200 Motoualis com- manded by Sheikh Nassif , and 1500 ...
... Mahommed Bey , entered Palestine , at the head of 500 Mamalouks , and occupied the coast so as to be in communication with the Sheikh at Acre . Having there effected a junction with 1200 Motoualis com- manded by Sheikh Nassif , and 1500 ...
Page 15
... Mahommed all at once sounded a retreat , and every Mamalouk turned his face towards Egypt . In vain Ali - Daher and Nassif in astonishment demanded the reason of this un- accountable movement . The Mamalouk chief deigned no other answer ...
... Mahommed all at once sounded a retreat , and every Mamalouk turned his face towards Egypt . In vain Ali - Daher and Nassif in astonishment demanded the reason of this un- accountable movement . The Mamalouk chief deigned no other answer ...
Page 17
... Mahommed Bey against his patron , in the February of the following year , terminated in Ali's arriving at Acre as a fugitive and a suppliant , with only eight hundred Mamalouks . Their passage was opposed by the Turkish faction in Jaffa ...
... Mahommed Bey against his patron , in the February of the following year , terminated in Ali's arriving at Acre as a fugitive and a suppliant , with only eight hundred Mamalouks . Their passage was opposed by the Turkish faction in Jaffa ...
Page 19
... Mahommed an active and implacable enemy . fortunate circumstance , however , at this juncture , contributed to console his mind and divert his atten- tion . The Emir of the Druses , thwarted by a power- ful faction , had been compelled ...
... Mahommed an active and implacable enemy . fortunate circumstance , however , at this juncture , contributed to console his mind and divert his atten- tion . The Emir of the Druses , thwarted by a power- ful faction , had been compelled ...
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... Mahommed , now advanced to take the place of his father ; but he soon discovered that he had been deceived , and took to flight in his turn , leaving Acre in the possession of the Mama- louks . The sudden death of Mahommed , who was ...
... Mahommed , now advanced to take the place of his father ; but he soon discovered that he had been deceived , and took to flight in his turn , leaving Acre in the possession of the Mama- louks . The sudden death of Mahommed , who was ...
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Acre Akkals Aleppo ancient Antioch Anzeyrys appearance aqueduct Arabic arches Baalbec Barouk Batroun Beirout Bekaa Beshirai breadth bridge building built Burckhardt called Captain Mangles castle chief Christians church coast columns convent Corinthian order cultivated Daher Damascus descended distance district Djebail Djebel Djezzar Druses earthquake east eight Emir Emir Beshir feet gardens gate Greek ground half Hamah hill hour further houses Ibrahim inhabitants Ismaylys janissaries Kesrouan Latakia Libanus Mahommed Mahommedan Mardaites Maronites Maundrell miles monks mosque Motoualies mountains nahr nahr-el-Kelb Orontes Pasha of Damascus patriarch piastres pillars plain Pococke Porte probably quarter remains residence river road rock ruins Saracens Sarepta says Scanderoon sepulchral Sheikh side Sidon square stone Strabo stream Sultan supposed Syria temple territory tion tower town traveller trees Tripoli Turkish Turks twenty Tyre valley village Volney walls whole yards Yousef