 | John Lewis Burckhardt - 1829 - 492 pages
...poles, between every two of which are suspended seven glass lamps, always lighted after sun-set. Beyond the poles is a second pavement, about eight paces...steps may be said to lead from the square down to the Kaaba. The small buildings just mentioned, which surround the Kaaba, are the five Makams, with the... | |
 | John Lewis Burckhardt - 1829 - 576 pages
...poles, between every two of which are suspended seven glass lamps, always lighted after sun-set. Beyond the poles is a second pavement, about eight paces...steps may be said to lead from the square down to the Kaaba. The small buildings just mentioned, which surround the Kaaba, are the five Makams, with the... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 934 pages
...poles, between every two of which are suspended seven glass lamps, always lighted after sunset. Beyond the poles is a second pavement, about eight paces...paces broad, upon which stand several small buildings — namely, five makams, or oratories ; the edifice above the well Zemzem, whose water is held to cure... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1857 - 484 pages
...poles, between every two of which are suspended seven glass lamps, always lighted after sunset.* Beyond the poles is a second pavement, about eight paces...just mentioned which surround the Kaabah are the five Makamsf, with the well of Zem Zem, the arch called Bab es Salam, and the Mambar." " Opposite the four... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 pages
...poles, between every two of which are suspended seven glass lamps, always lighted after sunset. Beyond the poles is a second pavement, about eight paces...paces broad, upon which stand several small buildings — namely, five makams, or oratories ; the edifice above the well Zemzem, whose water is held to cure... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 284 pages
...poles, between every two of which are suspended seven glass lamps, always lighted after sunset. Beyond the poles is a second pavement, about eight paces...paces broad, upon which stand several small buildings — namely, five makams, or oratories ; the edifice above the well Zemzem, whose water is held to cure... | |
 | Thomas Patrick Hughes - 1885 - 794 pages
...poles, between every two of which are suspended seven glass lamps, always lighted after sunset. Beyond the poles is a second pavement, about eight paces...another, six inches higher, and eighteen paces -broad, opon which stand several small buildings ; beyond this is the gravelled ground, so that two broad steps... | |
 | Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1886 - 414 pages
...1573), by order of the Sultan of Turkey. Beyond this there is a second pavement, about twelve feet broad, somewhat elevated above the first, but of coarser work ; then another six inches higher, and twenty-seven feet broad, upon which stand several small buildings ; further on than this the ground... | |
 | Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1905 - 586 pages
...AD 1573, by order of the Sultan of Turkey. Beyond this there is a second pavement, about twelve feet broad, somewhat elevated above the first, but of coarser work ; then another six inches higher, and twentyseven feet broad, upon which stand several small buildings ; further on than this the ground... | |
 | Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1905 - 1256 pages
...AD 1573, by order of the Sultan of Turkey. Beyond this there is a second pavement, about twelve feet broad, somewhat elevated above the first, but of coarser work ; then another six inches higher, and twentyseven feet broad, upon which stand several small buildings ; further on than this the ground... | |
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AH 981, by order of the sultan, and describes an irregular oval ; it is surrounded by thirty-two slender gilt pillars, or rather poles, between every two of which are suspended seven glass lamps, always lighted after sunset.* Beyond the poles is a second... 
