A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1875 - 360 pages |
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Page 81
... Ibrahim Agha . He had been many years with Tahyar Pashaw , and was a kind of favorite . He served me during my residence in As . syria , and on my subsequent journey to Constantinople , with great fidelity ; and as is very rarely the ...
... Ibrahim Agha . He had been many years with Tahyar Pashaw , and was a kind of favorite . He served me during my residence in As . syria , and on my subsequent journey to Constantinople , with great fidelity ; and as is very rarely the ...
Page 105
... Ibrahim Agha , two Albanian irregulars , who were to accompany me as far as Amadiyah , a servant , a groom , and one Ionan , or Ionunco , as he was familiarly called , a half - witted Nestorian , whose drunken frolics were reserved for ...
... Ibrahim Agha , two Albanian irregulars , who were to accompany me as far as Amadiyah , a servant , a groom , and one Ionan , or Ionunco , as he was familiarly called , a half - witted Nestorian , whose drunken frolics were reserved for ...
Page 118
... Ibrahim Agha , who had been inured to the miseries of misgovernment , grew violent in his expressions of indignation against Abd - ul- Summit Bey , and indulged in a variety of threats against all the male and female members of his ...
... Ibrahim Agha , who had been inured to the miseries of misgovernment , grew violent in his expressions of indignation against Abd - ul- Summit Bey , and indulged in a variety of threats against all the male and female members of his ...
Page 119
... Ibrahim Agha tittered with delight ; and pushing the Kurd away by the shoulders , told him to be par . ticular in delivering his answer . The message had the effect I had anticipated ; an hour afterward , shuffling over the house . tops ...
... Ibrahim Agha tittered with delight ; and pushing the Kurd away by the shoulders , told him to be par . ticular in delivering his answer . The message had the effect I had anticipated ; an hour afterward , shuffling over the house . tops ...
Page 128
... Ibrahim Agha , whose paradise was Chanak Kalassi , the Dardanelles , to which he always disadvantageously compared every thing , confessed that the Tiyari mountains were not an unpleasant portion of the sultan's dominions . Yakoub ...
... Ibrahim Agha , whose paradise was Chanak Kalassi , the Dardanelles , to which he always disadvantageously compared every thing , confessed that the Tiyari mountains were not an unpleasant portion of the sultan's dominions . Yakoub ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey British Museum brought building carried castle cawass Chaldeans chamber chariot chief Christians cuneiform descended desert Diodorus Siculus discovered district dress earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses Ibrahim Agha inhabitants inscriptions Jebours journey Kalah Kalah Sherghat Kasha Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurds lions Melek Mesopotamia monuments Mosul mound mountains Mussulmans N. W. palace Nestorian night Nimroud Nineveh ornaments party pashaw passed plain plunder priests principal probably raft Rassam ravine reached remains represented resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Shammar Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones sun-dried bricks tents Tigris tion Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe uncovered valley village walls warriors winged bulls winged figures women workmen Yezidis