Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & IrelandCambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society, 1895 With appendices. |
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... bank - is marked on our maps . After flowing through Baghdad and past Al - Madain ( Ctesiphon ) , the Tigris passed down to the latitude of Kut - al - Amarah , and here the great alterations in its course are to be noticed . At the ...
... bank - is marked on our maps . After flowing through Baghdad and past Al - Madain ( Ctesiphon ) , the Tigris passed down to the latitude of Kut - al - Amarah , and here the great alterations in its course are to be noticed . At the ...
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... bank of the Tigris was the great Kaṭūl - Nahrawan channel , dating from the days of the Chosroes ; but a shorter line also existed on the right bank of the Tigris , formed by the Ishakiyya and the Dujayl Canals , and this irrigated the ...
... bank of the Tigris was the great Kaṭūl - Nahrawan channel , dating from the days of the Chosroes ; but a shorter line also existed on the right bank of the Tigris , formed by the Ishakiyya and the Dujayl Canals , and this irrigated the ...
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... bank ; and thence to the city of Al - Mawṣil ( Mosul ) , likewise on the river side . Then it passes by the following : 2 Al- Haditha , As - Sinn , As - Sūdaķāniyya , Jabiltā , and Takrit . Next it comes to the city of Surra - man - raa ...
... bank ; and thence to the city of Al - Mawṣil ( Mosul ) , likewise on the river side . Then it passes by the following : 2 Al- Haditha , As - Sinn , As - Sūdaķāniyya , Jabiltā , and Takrit . Next it comes to the city of Surra - man - raa ...
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... bank . The distances are given by Kudāma ( p . 214 ) and others . Al - Haditha , " the New Town , " stood at the junction of the Upper , or Greater Zab , with the Tigris . The city was restored by the last Omayyad , Marwan II .; and ...
... bank . The distances are given by Kudāma ( p . 214 ) and others . Al - Haditha , " the New Town , " stood at the junction of the Upper , or Greater Zab , with the Tigris . The city was restored by the last Omayyad , Marwan II .; and ...
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... bank of the Tigris , while on the western bank were many of the palaces and pleasure- grounds . The houses of the city , on the left bank , extended for a distance of seven leagues along the river , and fabulous sums , of which Yakut ...
... bank of the Tigris , while on the western bank were many of the palaces and pleasure- grounds . The houses of the city , on the left bank , extended for a distance of seven leagues along the river , and fabulous sums , of which Yakut ...
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