Belad

Aly Bey el Abbassi has represented this district, in his map, as a particular province or sacred territory called Belad el Harameyn: but in fact, no such province has ever existed; and the title of Belad el Harameyn is given, not to this sacred space, but to both the territories of

Travels in Arabia 2003

Bekaa, which it separates from the territory belonging to the Emir of Baalbec, called Belad Baalbec; so that whatever is northward from the bridge of the Berdoun, situated in the valley, a quarter of an hour below Zahle, belongs to Belad Baalbec; and whatever is south - ward, to the Bekaa.

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

Bekaa, which it separates from the territory belonging to the Emir of Baalbec, called Belad Baalbec; so that whatever is northward from the bridge of the Berdoun, situated in the valley, a quarter of an hour below Zahle, belongs to Belad Baalbec; and whatever is south - ward, to the Bekaa.

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

Aly Bey el Abbassi has represented this district, in his map, as a particular province or sacred territory called Belad el Harameyn: but in fact, no such province has ever existed; and the title of Belad el Harameyn is given, not to this sacred space, but to both the territories of Mekka and Medina.

Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

The river of Zahle, or Berdoun, forms the frontier of the Bekaa, which it separates from the territory belonging to the Emir of Baalbec, called Belad Baalbec; so that whatever is northward from the bridge of the Berdoun, situated in the valley, a quarter of an hour below Zahle, belongs to Belad Baalbec; and whatever is south-ward, to the Bekaa.

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

The neighbouring villages are Belad-el-Ader, Zin, Abbus; and the sacred villages are

Travels in Morocco 2003

The Victoria thus passed over the country of the Tibbous, crossed the Belad el Djerid, a desert of briers that forms the border of the Soudan, and advanced into the desert of sand streaked with the long tracks of the many caravans that pass and repass there.

Five Weeks in a Balloon 2003

El – Jereed, or Belad-el-Jereed, the country of dates, or literally, the country of the palm branches, is a part of the

Travels in Morocco 2003

The Belad-el-Jereed, therefore, may be properly called the Tunisian Sahara.

Travels in Morocco 2003

Belad el Megheba, in the upper Yafei country, is under Sultan

Southern Arabia Mabel Bent