Ghor

It is probable that the besiegers had overlooked this pass. the king went ... toward the plain -- that is, the Ghor, or valley of

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

Quitting the sea in lat. 32° 42 ', it finally enters the track called the Ghor, the still lower chasm or cleft which intervenes between Tiberias and the upper end of the Dead Sea.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

In the winter it inundates the plain in the bottom of the narrow valley, but never rises to the level of the upper plain of the Ghor, which is at least forty feet above the level of the river.

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

In the winter it inundates the plain in the bottom of the narrow valley, but never rises to the level of the upper plain of the Ghor, which is at least forty feet above the level of the river.

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land 1822

The principal settlement of the Ghowárene is at the southern extremity of the sea, near the embouchure of the Wady el Ahhsa; their village is called Ghor Szafye (Arabic), and is the winter rendezvous of more than ten large tribes of Bedouins.

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

In the winter it inundates the plain in the bottom of the narrow valley, but never rises to the level of the upper plain of the Ghor, which is at least forty feet above the level of the river.

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

Egypt make their appearance, and in the plains of Megiddo and the coast, as well as in the "Ghor" or valley of the Jordan, there is rich alluvial soil.

Patriarchal Palestine 1889

[EN#126] "Ghor" is the whole depression including the Jordan and the Dead Sea, while El-'Akabah is its southernmost section.

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

"Ghor," the noble and memorious Wady el-'Akabah, supposed to have given a name to Arabia. [

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

Those complaints must now be among the thousands filed by people all over the country with similar disappointed dreams of real Afghan democracy -- the very complaints now being so efficiently dealt with in Kabul even as disgruntled voters take to the streets of Herat, Kunduz, Paktia, Ghor, and other cities to protest mass disqualifications that seem to fall inequitably on certain areas or ethnic groups.

Ann Jones: Big Men, Big Money, Big Voting Scam: The American Midterm Election -- in Afghanistan Ann Jones 2010