An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's Mission to the Court of Persia: In the Years 1807-11, Volumen2J. Bohn, 1834 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 19
Página 12
... supply of water which we obtained was infamously bad in quality , being at once salt , sweet , and bitter ; besides even this , it was often stinted and often precarious , from the water - carriers either seeing or imagining that they ...
... supply of water which we obtained was infamously bad in quality , being at once salt , sweet , and bitter ; besides even this , it was often stinted and often precarious , from the water - carriers either seeing or imagining that they ...
Página 13
... supply of one of the most neces- sary articles to sustain human life - i.e . water . The most common periods of alarm were either a little before the break of day , or a little before the set- ting of the sun ; then those who were ...
... supply of one of the most neces- sary articles to sustain human life - i.e . water . The most common periods of alarm were either a little before the break of day , or a little before the set- ting of the sun ; then those who were ...
Página 14
... supply of water was afterwards obtained . But upon one glorious day , things wore a different and a new aspect . About five hundred of the enemy really appeared on the horizon of the desert , and bearing towards the town . The old shaik ...
... supply of water was afterwards obtained . But upon one glorious day , things wore a different and a new aspect . About five hundred of the enemy really appeared on the horizon of the desert , and bearing towards the town . The old shaik ...
Página 22
... supply the army required , must have been transported with it ; whereas , by keeping its march near and parallel to ... supplies , between the father , in possession of one strong fort in his front , and the son , of another in his rear ...
... supply the army required , must have been transported with it ; whereas , by keeping its march near and parallel to ... supplies , between the father , in possession of one strong fort in his front , and the son , of another in his rear ...
Página 54
... supplies as might be attempted to be thrown into the town from the country . Saleh and Omar Agas , the two commanders of Arnaut infantry , disheartened by the signal defeat at the pass of Szafra or Tedeedeh , spoke the lan- guage and ...
... supplies as might be attempted to be thrown into the town from the country . Saleh and Omar Agas , the two commanders of Arnaut infantry , disheartened by the signal defeat at the pass of Szafra or Tedeedeh , spoke the lan- guage and ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abdul Abdullah Abdulwahaub afterwards Ahmed Ally Pacha amongst Arabs arrived artillery attack autres avaient avait ayant Bagdad Bedouins blessés Bourg Burckhardt Bussora Cairo camels camp Captain caravan cavalry cents chefs citadel command Constantinople d'une Dereyah desert deux Dorama dows Egypt enemy été expedition fire force garrison général Gonfonde Grain Grand guerre habitans Harbs Hassan hauby hawkman head Hedjaz hommes horse Hossein Ibn Saoud Ibrahym Pacha Imaum India infantry inhabitants Janissary Jedda jour Kerbela Kiah Kolach Koran l'armée l'artillerie Latouche Le pacha Mahommed Ally Mamelukes Mecca Medina ment Mohammed Nejd Nereide never Ottoman Paçha Pachalik palace party Persian person plunder Porte possession prendre prince prit provisions qu'il qu'on reader received returned Saoud sent shaik Shereef Ghaleb soldats sortit Suleiman Suleiman Pacha Sultan Tamy Taraba Tayef tent tion took Toussun town tribes troops troupes Turcs Turkish Turks Wahauby chief Yembo
Pasajes populares
Página 232 - And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
Página 233 - If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit : only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
Página 193 - In the name of the most merciful God, to the rest of the true believers. Health and happiness, and the mercy and blessing of God, be upon you. I praise the most high God, and I pray for his prophet Mahomet. This is to acquaint you, that I intend to send the true believers into Syria l4 to take it out of the hands of the infidels. And I would have you know, that the fighting for religion is an act of obedience to God.
Página 163 - HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.
Página 172 - Europeans always have in great abundance, but which are concealed in private drawers that none except themselves can discover. He assured them these opinions were erroneous with respect to him, for that he was not a rich merchant, but only a young soldier of fortune, employed to carry orders from his government in Europe, to their...
Página 220 - ... time to take their departure. But no sooner did they make their appearance without, and were mounting their horses, than they were suddenly fired upon from every quarter, and all became at once a scene of confusion, and dismay, and horror, similar volleys being directed at all the rest who were collected round and preparing to return with them, so that the victims dropped by hundreds. ' Saim himself had time to gain his saddle, and even to penetrate to one of the gates of the citadel ; but all...
Página 109 - Palestine, related the danger* he had encountered in visiting the holy city, and described, with exaggeration, the cruelty and vexations of the Turks; who, to use the language of those zealots, not only profaned the sepulchre of the Lord by their presence, but derided the sacred mysteries in the very place of their completion, and where the Son of God was speedily expected to hold his great tribunal5.
Página 31 - It wanted little but the unbelievers had tempted thee to swerve from the instructions which we had revealed unto thee, that thou shouldest devise concerning us a different thing ; and then would they have taken thee for their friend : and unless we had confirmed thee, thou hadst certainly been very near inclining unto them a little.
Página 1 - Who is more unjust than he who uttereth a lie concerning God, and denieth the truth, when it cometh unto him? Is there not a dwelling provided in hell for the unbelievers? But he who bringeth the truth, and giveth credit thereto...
Página 220 - ... time to those in the town, and to such even as were encamped without, round the foot of the fortress, to pursue the work of extermination on all stragglers that they should find, so that not one of the proscribed body might escape. • Saim Bey, and his two brothers in command, finding that the Pasha did not return to them, and being informed by the attendants that he was gone into his harem (an answer that precluded all further inquiry), judged it to be time to take their departure. But no sooner...