Nawar

Among the Maratha Brahmans the bridegroom is called Nawar Deo or the new god.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

God then told Adam to go to a hill in Mecca to repent for his sins, said Nawar.

Archive 2008-09-01 Jan 2008

Nawar, an expert on the history of old Jiddah, likes to lace a bit of the legend into his presentations on the city to visiting foreign dignitaries and journalists.

Tomb of Eve? Jan 2008

Nawar, an expert on the history of old Jiddah, likes to lace a bit of the legend into his presentations on the city to visiting foreign dignitaries and journalists.

Archive 2008-09-01 Jan 2008

''Jiddah is the most feminine city in the whole world because it has Eve,'' Nawar says.

Tomb of Eve? Jan 2008

''Jiddah is the most feminine city in the whole world because it has Eve,'' Nawar says.

Archive 2008-09-01 Jan 2008

God then told Adam to go to a hill in Mecca to repent for his sins, said Nawar.

Tomb of Eve? Jan 2008

But Arab tradition puts Adam in the holy city of Mecca, which is 70 kilometers 43 miles east of Jiddah, where God ordered him to build the Kaaba, the sacred stone structure that Muslims face during their five daily prayers, according to Nawar.

Archive 2008-09-01 Jan 2008

But Arab tradition puts Adam in the holy city of Mecca, which is 70 kilometers 43 miles east of Jiddah, where God ordered him to build the Kaaba, the sacred stone structure that Muslims face during their five daily prayers, according to Nawar.

Tomb of Eve? Jan 2008

Sixteen miles from Nawar, however, some great sand dunes, like waves of a sea, extending from east to west, were again found, together with undulations of sand and gravel, and here tamarisks again became scarce.

Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894