First Footsteps in East Africa: Or, An Explanation of HararLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 - 648 pages |
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... Allah gave the power of looking upon earth , as though it were a ball in his hand . Most Moslems agree in assigning this origin to the Dayrah , and the Fatihah in honor of the holy man , is still repeated by the pious mariner . Easterns ...
... Allah gave the power of looking upon earth , as though it were a ball in his hand . Most Moslems agree in assigning this origin to the Dayrah , and the Fatihah in honor of the holy man , is still repeated by the pious mariner . Easterns ...
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... Allah please , to - morrow ! " - and they have the decency not to appear in public at the hours of devotion . The Somal , like most Africans , are of a somewhat irreverent turn of mind . † When The strict rule of the Moslem faith is ...
... Allah please , to - morrow ! " - and they have the decency not to appear in public at the hours of devotion . The Somal , like most Africans , are of a somewhat irreverent turn of mind . † When The strict rule of the Moslem faith is ...
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... Allah , may thy teeth ache like mine ! O Allah , may thy gums be sore as mine are ! " A well- known and characteristic tale is told of the Gerad Hirsi , now chief of the Berteri tribe . Once meet- ing a party of unarmed pilgrims , he ...
... Allah , may thy teeth ache like mine ! O Allah , may thy gums be sore as mine are ! " A well- known and characteristic tale is told of the Gerad Hirsi , now chief of the Berteri tribe . Once meet- ing a party of unarmed pilgrims , he ...
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... Allah is to be found : when asked the object of the question , they reply , " If the Eesa could but catch him they would spear him upon the spot , who but he lays waste their homes and kills their cattle and wives ? " Yet , conjoined to ...
... Allah is to be found : when asked the object of the question , they reply , " If the Eesa could but catch him they would spear him upon the spot , who but he lays waste their homes and kills their cattle and wives ? " Yet , conjoined to ...
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... Allah , were his drugs a poor deceit ! " They stripped me and bathed me , and closed the glazing eye , And dispersed unto prayers , and to haggle for my sheet . " The prayers without a bow * they prayed over me that day , Brought nigh ...
... Allah , were his drugs a poor deceit ! " They stripped me and bathed me , and closed the glazing eye , And dispersed unto prayers , and to haggle for my sheet . " The prayers without a bow * they prayed over me that day , Brought nigh ...
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Abban Abyssinian Aden Allah Amir amongst animals appeared Arab Arabia arrived assir Ayyal Bedoos Bedouins Berberah Beuh Biyu Caffilah called camels caravan cattle chief clan cloth coast coffee companions crown 8vo danger Darud desert dollars Dulbahantas Eastern Africa Eesa Fatihah fear feet fire Fiumara Galla ghee Girhi ground Gudabirsi Gurgi Habr Awal Habr Gerhajis Hajj halted Hammal hand Harar head hills holcus horse hour hyæna Indian journey Kafirs kraal land Lieut Lieutenant Speke Long Guled Midgan miles milk Mohammed monsoon morning morocco Moslem mountains mules night noon passed plain plunder Post 8vo prayer present rain Second Edition servants Sharmarkay Shaykh sheep Shoa slave Somal Somali country spear stones Sultan thorns tobacco Tobe town traveller tree tribe valley village visited vols walls Warsingali watercourse whilst wild Wilensi women Woodcuts Yemen Yunis Zayla