 Rahme, or the Mountain of Mercy, rises on the north-east side of the plain, close to the mountains which encompass it, but separated from them by a rocky valley ; it is about a mile, or a mile and a half in circuit ; its sides are sloping, and its summit...  Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society - Page 36by Hakluyt Society - 1863Full view - About this book
 | John Lewis Burckhardt - 1829 - 522 pages
...view of the whole. This granite hill, which is also called Djcbel et' Rahme, or the Mountain of Mercy, rises on the north-east side of the plain, close to...it, but separated from them by a rocky valley; it is 9. Tent of Mohammed Aly. IS. The houie of the Sherif. 10. Camp of the cavalry of Moham- 1<J. Teni of... | |
 | John Lewis Burckhardt - 1829 - 454 pages
...view of the whole. This granite hill, which is also called Djebel er9 Rahme, or the Mountain of Mercy, rises on the north-east side of the plain, close to...but separated from them by a rocky valley ; it is 9. Tent of Mohammed Aly. IS. The house of the Sherif. 10. Camp of the cavalry of Mohara- 19. Tent of... | |
 | 1834 - 566 pages
...encompassed by mountains, but separated from them by a rocky valley. The hill is, according to him, about a mile or a mile and a half in circuit ; its...hundred feet above the level of the plain. ' On the eastern side,' says he, ' broad stone steps lead up to the top, and a broad unpaved path on the western,... | |
 | 1834 - 576 pages
...encompassed by mountains, but separated from them by a rocky valley. The hill is, according to him, about a mile or a mile and a half in circuit ; its...hundred feet above the level of the plain. ' On the eastern side,' says he, ' broad stone steps lead, up to the top, and a broad unpaved path on the western,... | |
 | James Bell - 1836 - 690 pages
...higher mountain, in a plain about three-quarters of a league in diameter, surrounded by barren heights but separated from them by a rocky valley ; it Is...mile, or a mile and a half in circuit ; its sides are eloping, and its summit is nearly ÜOO feet above the level of the plain. On the eastern side broad... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1829 - 618 pages
...view 01 the whole. This granite hill, which is also called Djebcl cr' Rahme, or the Mountain of Mercy, rises on the north-east side of the plain, close to...hundred feet above the level of the plain. On the eastern side broad stone steps lead up to the top, and a broad unpaved path, on the western, over rude... | |
 | Michael Wolfe - 1997 - 660 pages
...view of the whole. This granite hill, which is also called Jabal al-Rahma, or the Mountain of Mercy, rises on the northeast side of the plain close to...hundred feet above the level of the plain. On the eastern side broad stone steps lead up to the top, and a broad unpaved path, on the western, over rude... | |
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