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  • Gaza; this road is called Akaba, or more frequently Eddhohel

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

  • Akaba, which is from three to four hours in length, from west to east, and, I believe, not much less in breadth northward, is very fertile in pasturage.

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

  • Egyptian Hadj road; it passes along the mountain towards Akaba, which is distant from hence fifteen or eighteen hours.

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

  • Shobak to Akaba, which is tolerably good, and might easily be rendered practicable even to artillery, lies to the E. of Wady

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

  • Gaza; this road is called Akaba, or more frequently Eddhohel

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

  • Shobak to Akaba, which is tolerably good, and might easily be rendered practicable even to artillery, lies to the E. of Wady

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

  • Akaba, which is from three to four hours in length, from west to east, and, I believe, not much less in breadth northward, is very fertile in pasturage.

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

  • Egyptian Hadj road; it passes along the mountain towards Akaba, which is distant from hence fifteen or eighteen hours.

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

  • At two days journey from Wady el Hassa, is a road leading along the summit of the mountain towards Gaza; this road is called Akaba, or more frequently Eddhohel [Arabic]; it is much frequented by the people of

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

  • The plain of Akaba, which is from three to four hours in length, from west to east, and, I believe, not much less in breadth northward, is very fertile in pasturage.

    Travels in Syria and the Holy Land John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

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