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Lousou have both houses in Zinder, which the people dignify by the name of _belad_ or "villages," but which are simply enclosures of a few huts.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government James Richardson 1828
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If on the fourth day he do not arrive at the _belad_, or country, he then takes his left sandal from his foot, and stews or soddens it, making something of a soup.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government James Richardson 1828
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The Moorish merchants resident here pretend that the territory of Zinder contains no less than two thousand _belad_, or inhabited spots, towns, villages, and hamlets, and some of these are large towns -- as large, or larger, than Zinder.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government James Richardson 1828
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"In el Haram fi belad el Harameyn," "that the cities forbidden to infidels abound with forbidden things."
Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred John Lewis Burckhardt 1800
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OI@ seesalrun on March 16, 2009 at belad on March 16, 2009 at 8: 52 PM
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It already funded, but its known as NPR. belad on March 16, 2009 at 8: 52 PM
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Where is | Fein el Beled | Fi ain al balad | Hoddehabed del | Hodde belad the town | | | Felani |
Southern Arabia Mabel Bent
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