The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 9. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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Page 128
... FEZZAN ( the ancient Phazania , or country of the Gara- mantes ) , a country of the Sahara region of North Africa , forming a " kaïmakamlik " of the Ottoman vilayet of Tri- poli , extends 390 miles N. to S. from the town of Bonjem , lat ...
... FEZZAN ( the ancient Phazania , or country of the Gara- mantes ) , a country of the Sahara region of North Africa , forming a " kaïmakamlik " of the Ottoman vilayet of Tri- poli , extends 390 miles N. to S. from the town of Bonjem , lat ...
Page 129
... Fezzan , and the miserable cattle , sheep , and goats imported , scarcely deserve mention . There are no large carnivora in Fezzan ; even the hyena and jackal are absent . In the uninhabited oases gazelles and antelopes are occasionally ...
... Fezzan , and the miserable cattle , sheep , and goats imported , scarcely deserve mention . There are no large carnivora in Fezzan ; even the hyena and jackal are absent . In the uninhabited oases gazelles and antelopes are occasionally ...
Page 130
... Fezzan to a state of slavery . During this period of bondage , a sherif of Morocco , Sid - el - Monteser - uld - Mohammed by name , on a pilgrimage to Mecca , passed through Fezzan . Yielding to the supplications of the people , on his ...
... Fezzan to a state of slavery . During this period of bondage , a sherif of Morocco , Sid - el - Monteser - uld - Mohammed by name , on a pilgrimage to Mecca , passed through Fezzan . Yielding to the supplications of the people , on his ...
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