A Ride in Egypt, from Sioot to Luxor in 1879: With Notes on the Present State and Ancient History of Nile Valley, and Some Account of the Various Ways of Making the Voyage Out and HomeMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 399 Seiten |
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... late been a little improvement in the arrangements at sugar factories , and in one I was recently assured that some small payment was made once a month in silver , but this is under the new management . Under the old the workmen used to ...
... late been a little improvement in the arrangements at sugar factories , and in one I was recently assured that some small payment was made once a month in silver , but this is under the new management . Under the old the workmen used to ...
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... late Finance Minister . " But , " he was asked again , " Sadyk Pasha was banished , not put to death ? " " Well , it comes to the same thing , " was the answer ; " he went to Dongola , and there the coffee did not agree with him ...
... late Finance Minister . " But , " he was asked again , " Sadyk Pasha was banished , not put to death ? " " Well , it comes to the same thing , " was the answer ; " he went to Dongola , and there the coffee did not agree with him ...
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... solar year . It seems probable that this ancient term was employed down to a late period for registering the dates of kings , and the festivals kept according to it must be the most ancient . A second system CH . IV . ] III CALENDARS .
... solar year . It seems probable that this ancient term was employed down to a late period for registering the dates of kings , and the festivals kept according to it must be the most ancient . A second system CH . IV . ] III CALENDARS .
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... late . The use of the lunar calendar for Muslim festivals fixes the date of these celebrations twelve days earlier every year , according to our computation . Ceremonies which for thirty years have been performed in autumn or summer ...
... late . The use of the lunar calendar for Muslim festivals fixes the date of these celebrations twelve days earlier every year , according to our computation . Ceremonies which for thirty years have been performed in autumn or summer ...
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... late - sleeping pilgrims , and punishes the lazy . And among them are such great men as the Sheykh el Sadat , who is chief among the de- scendants of the Prophet in Egypt , and the Sheykh el Bekri , who is the head of all the orders of ...
... late - sleeping pilgrims , and punishes the lazy . And among them are such great men as the Sheykh el Sadat , who is chief among the de- scendants of the Prophet in Egypt , and the Sheykh el Bekri , who is the head of all the orders of ...
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