 | 1856 - 504 pages
...7,000 -mil. on foot, on horseback, in litters, or bestriding the splendid camels of Syria. There were eight gradations of pilgrims. The lowest hobbled with...and invalids of the poorer classes sat upon a ' haml musattab,' — bits of- cloth spread over the two large boxes which form the camel's load. Many occupied... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1856 - 514 pages
...7,000 souls, on foot, on horseback, in litters, or bestriding the splendid camels of Syria. There were eight gradations of pilgrims. The lowest hobbled with...every grandee, ready whenever he might wish to leave lu's litter. Women, children, and invalids of the poorer classes sat upon a " haml musattah," — bits... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1856 - 570 pages
...horseback, or in litters, or bestriding the splendid camels of Syria. Mr. Burton describes no less than eight gradations of pilgrims. The lowest hobbled with...mules. Respectable men, especially Arabs, mounted domedaries, and the soldiers had horses : a led animal was saddled for every grandee, ready whenever... | |
 | James Christie (M.D.) - 1876 - 554 pages
...bestriding the splendid camels of Syria. There were eight gradations of pilgrims. The lowest hobbled along with heavy staves. Then came the riders of asses,...of the poorer classes sat upon a ' haml musattah,' bits of cloth spread over the two large boxes which form the camel's load. Many occupied shibriyahs... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton, Richard Francis Burton - 1879 - 576 pages
...thousand souls, on foot, on horseback, in litters, or bestriding the splendid camels of Syria. There were eight gradations of pilgrims. The lowest hobbled with...camels, and mules. Respectable men, especially Arabs, were mounted on dromedaries, and the soldiers had horses : a led animal was saddled for every grandee,... | |
 | Francis Hitchman - 1887 - 478 pages
...caravan itself consisted of some 7000 souls, with their asses, camels, mules and horses. 'There were eight gradations of pilgrims. The lowest hobbled with...camels and mules. Respectable men, especially Arabs, were mounted on dromedaries, and the soldiers had horses. A led animal was saddled for every grandee,... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1893 - 524 pages
...came the riders of asses, of camels, and of mules. Respectable men, especially Arabs, were mounted on dromedaries, and the soldiers had horses: a led animal...children, and invalids of the poorer classes sat upon a "Harm1 Musattah," — rugs and cloths spread over the two large boxes which form the camel's load.1... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1906 - 510 pages
...a low plain ; " Midan," " Fayhah," or " Sath." a plain generally ; and " Batha," a low, sandy flat. The lowest hobbled with heavy staves. Then came the riders of asses, of camels, and of mules. Respectable men, especially Arabs, were mounted on dromedaries, and the soldiers... | |
 | F. E. Peters - 1996 - 460 pages
...have heard of 15,000, and even ot 20,000 men. I include in my 7,000 about 1,200 Persians. There were eight gradations of pilgrims. The lowest hobbled with heavy staves. Then came the riders of asses, of camels and mules. Respectable men, especially Arabs, were mounted on dromedaries, and the soldiers... | |
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Arabs, mounted dromedaries, and the soldiers had horses : a led animal was saddled for every grandee, ready whenever he might wish to leave his litter. Women, children, and invalids of the poorer classes sat upon a ' haml musattab,' — bits of- cloth... 