Sheriat

It issues from the mountain not far from the south end of the lake of Tabaria, and about one hour lower down is joined by the Wady el Arab; it then empties itself into the Jordan, called Sheriat el Kebir, at two hours distant from the lake; D'Anville is therefore wrong in making it flow into the lake itself.

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

Can such conduct be punished as forbidden under the Sheriat, and those guilty thereof be regarded as murderers and punished with the fires of hell?

The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 Various

As I am the guardian of the weak, obey me only so long as I obey the Sheriat [Divine Law].

The New World of Islam Lothrop Stoddard 1916

The Sacred Law (Sheriat) is fundamentally democratic and opposed in essence to absolutism.

The New World of Islam Lothrop Stoddard 1916

The Jordan, called by the Arabs esh Sheriat el Kebir (the great drinking-place), flows between steep banks of rather brittle clay.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

The teachings of Islam and of Christianity, the Sheriat and Church law, all have to yield to the Canon of Lek.

High Albania Mary Edith 1909

He and his were prepared to defend the Sheriat (Turkish law) at any price, and would tolerate no privileges for the Christians.

High Albania Mary Edith 1909

Then he read us the Sheriat (Turkish Law) and said, 'You must cease your grief.

High Albania Mary Edith 1909

The deep ravine of the river Hieromax (the modern Sheriat el-Mandhur) separated Bashan from Gilead, which was about 60 miles in length and 20 in breadth, extending from near the south end of the Lake of

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

The Jarmuk, or Sheriat-el-Mandhur, anciently the Hiero-max, drains the water, not only from Gaulonitis or Jaulan, the country immediately east and south-east of the sea of Tiberias, but also from almost the whole of the Hauran.

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