Narrative of a Journey Through the Province of Khorassan and on the N. W. Frontier of Afghanistan in 1875, Band 2W. H. Allen & Company, 1879 |
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... side of the valley and encamp at the large village of Kenibeest . This place , which is situated not above two miles from the foot of the low hills to the north , has about 300 houses , under a chief whose acquaintance I afterwards made ...
... side of the valley and encamp at the large village of Kenibeest . This place , which is situated not above two miles from the foot of the low hills to the north , has about 300 houses , under a chief whose acquaintance I afterwards made ...
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... side of the neck , and is attached to a beautiful light but strong picketing rope , made either of camel hair or silk . At the end of this rope is an iron picketing peg , which is always used by these horsemen . As they shave the manes ...
... side of the neck , and is attached to a beautiful light but strong picketing rope , made either of camel hair or silk . At the end of this rope is an iron picketing peg , which is always used by these horsemen . As they shave the manes ...
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... the way , said his father often spoke of Christie Sahib and A sort of pannier , one on each side of a camel , for the conveyance of women . his glorious death at Aslandooz , and he added sadly MUSHUDD TO SURRUKHS . 21.
... the way , said his father often spoke of Christie Sahib and A sort of pannier , one on each side of a camel , for the conveyance of women . his glorious death at Aslandooz , and he added sadly MUSHUDD TO SURRUKHS . 21.
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... side of the ridges which bound the Ab - y- Mushudd on the south . From Moozduran the main ridge continues to be equally impracticable towards Ak Durbund , before reaching which place it throws out a spur with perpen- dicular sides ...
... side of the ridges which bound the Ab - y- Mushudd on the south . From Moozduran the main ridge continues to be equally impracticable towards Ak Durbund , before reaching which place it throws out a spur with perpen- dicular sides ...
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... side , and go away without showing the smallest sympathy for the poor wretch . I therefore wrote him the following short note , put- ting it into indifferent Persian , and I daresay worse French , as the only two languages I knew ...
... side , and go away without showing the smallest sympathy for the poor wretch . I therefore wrote him the following short note , put- ting it into indifferent Persian , and I daresay worse French , as the only two languages I knew ...
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