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Page 339
... Hamah , once occupied by Larissa and Assameia , has now for the first time been examined by a scientific traveller ; and the lake , and its modern name Famia , to which a place in the maps of Syria has been so long assigned , may ...
... Hamah , once occupied by Larissa and Assameia , has now for the first time been examined by a scientific traveller ; and the lake , and its modern name Famia , to which a place in the maps of Syria has been so long assigned , may ...
Page 346
travellers have been wrong in placing that city at Hamah , the antient Epiphania . Hamah is situated on both sides of the Orontes , and is an extensive town , containing at least thirty thousand inhabitants , with about thirteen mosques ...
travellers have been wrong in placing that city at Hamah , the antient Epiphania . Hamah is situated on both sides of the Orontes , and is an extensive town , containing at least thirty thousand inhabitants , with about thirteen mosques ...
Page 347
... Hamah they pray in the mosque , which they never do at Kalaat Maszyad . This castle has been from ancient times their chief seat . One of them asserted that his religion descended from Ismayl , the son of Abraham , and that the Ismaylys ...
... Hamah they pray in the mosque , which they never do at Kalaat Maszyad . This castle has been from ancient times their chief seat . One of them asserted that his religion descended from Ismayl , the son of Abraham , and that the Ismaylys ...
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Killarney Guide to the Lakes of 329 | 17 |
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