 Syene to the sea is a month's journey for a horseman. Along the valley descends a river, on which the blessing of the Most High reposes both in the evening and morning, and which rises and falls with the revolutions of the sun and moon. When the...  The Sword of Islam - Página 56por Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1905 - 523 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1897 - 506 páginas
...capital to Damascus. Amru's description of Egypt in his letter to the Khalif Omar was as follows : " О commander of the faithful ! Egypt is a compound of black earth and green plants, between a pulverized mountain and a red sand. The distance from Syene to the sea is a month's journey for a horseman.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1899 - 640 páginas
...and the answer of Amrou exhibits a lively and not unfaithful picture of that singular country.138 " O commander of the faithful, Egypt is a compound of black earth and green plants be* tween a pulverized mountain and a red sand. The distance from Syene to the sea is a month's journey... | |
 | James Carlile McCoan, Wilfred C. Lay - 1902 - 488 páginas
...given by Amrou, its Saraceu conqueror, in his answer to the Caliph Omar, as recorded by Gibbon: — "0 Commander of the Faithful, Egypt is a compound of black earth and green plants, between a pulverized mountain and a red sand. The distance from Syeue to the sea is a month's journey for a horseman.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1901 - 570 páginas
...and the answer of Amrou exhibits a lively and not unfaithful picture of that singular country. 148 " O commander of the faithful, Egypt is a compound of...earth and green plants, between a pulverised mountain 146 Eutychius, Annal. torn. ii. p. 320. Elmacin, Hist. Saracen, p. 35. 147 On these obscure canals,... | |
 | James Carlile McCoan, Wilfred C. Lay - 1902 - 494 páginas
...given by Amrou, its Saracen conqueror, in his answer to the Caliph Omar, as recorded by Gibbon: — "0 Commander of the Faithful, Egypt is a compound of black earth and green plants, between a pulverized mountain and a red sand. The distance from Syone to the sea is a month's journey for a horseman.... | |
 | Annie Fields - 1904 - 232 páginas
...from "Amrou, Conqueror of Egypt, to the Khalif Omar," and well describes what Warner found to enjoy. "O Commander of the Faithful, Egypt is a compound...plants, between a pulverised mountain and a red sand. Along the valley descends a river, on which the blessing of the Most High reposes, both in the evening... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1904 - 592 páginas
...THE VOYAGERS ON THE DAHABEEH RIP VAN WINKLE THIS IMPERFECT RECORD OF THEIR EXPERIENCE IS DEDICATED O Commander of the Faithful, Egypt is a compound of black earth and green plants, between a pulverized mountain and a red sand. Along the valley descends a river, on which the blessing of the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1907 - 608 páginas
...; and the answer of Amrou exhibits a lively and not unfaithful picture of that singular country.s1 "O commander of the faithful, Egypt is a compound...and a red sand. The distance from Syene to the sea s0 On these obscure canals, the reader may try to satisfy himself from d'Anville (Me'm. sur 1'Eyypte,... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1906 - 612 páginas
...Amalekites; and the answer of Amru exhibits a lively and not unfaithful picture of that singular country. " O commander of the faithful, Egypt is a compound of black earth and green plants between a pulverized mountain and a red sand. The distance from Syene to the sea is a month's journey for a horseman.... | |
 | Israel Smith Clare - 1906 - 430 páginas
...capital to Damascus. Amru's description of Egypt in his letter to the Khalif Omar was as follows : " O commander of the faithful ! Egypt is a compound of black earth and green plants, between a pulverized mountain and a red sand. The distance from Syene to the sea is a month's journey for a horseman.... | |
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