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  • El Azraky applies the name Djebel el Hazna to this part of the mountain; and says that the road was cut through the rock by Yahia Ibn Khold Ibn Barmak.

    Travels in Arabia 2003

  • One morning, before daylight, I set out for the summit of Hermon, called in Arabic, Djebel Sheikh, the "Chief of the Mountains."

    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909

  • The situation of most of these Wadys among the rocks and tamarisk trees is delightful, especially wherever the water is collected in little pools; but the gnats frequent the pools in such numbers, that we could get no rest for them, and we therefore quitted our station, when the moon rose, and halted again, half an hour farther, on the sands of the upper plain, at the foot of the mountain called Djebel

    Travels in Nubia 2004

  • Zergamotto is a high mountain, called Djebel Mama (جبل مامت), at the foot of which are the tumuli or barrows before mentioned; this may be said to form the extremity of the Batn el Hadjar, on the east side.

    Travels in Nubia 2004

  • On the declivity of the mountain to the north, called Djebel

    Travels in Arabia 2003

  • There the canal passes which supplies Mekka with sweet water; and we saw, about two miles distant, at the extremity of the opening, a conical mountain, called Djebel el Nour, considered holy by the pilgrims, as will be subsequently mentioned.

    Travels in Arabia 2003

  • "A little farther on," says the narrative, "near a place called Djebel-Lamoule, the Arab guides practise a curious extortion."

    Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Jules Verne 1866

  • It is this part of the Djebel Rieha which is properly called Djebel

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

  • At the end of two hours we reached the foot of the mountain called Djebel

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

  • The day after my arrival under his tent, he set out with me towards the Deir, and we reached it after a ride of four hours over the rocky hills which encircle the mountain of St. Simon, called Djebel

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

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