A journey from Aleppo to Damascus. With a description of those two capital cities, and the neighbouring parts of Syria : to which is added, An account of the Maronites inhabiting Mount Libanus ... also The surprising adventures of Mostafa, a Turk ... the whole illustrated with notes and a map.

  • Green, John, -1757.
Date:
1736
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Credit: A journey from Aleppo to Damascus. With a description of those two capital cities, and the neighbouring parts of Syria : to which is added, An account of the Maronites inhabiting Mount Libanus ... also The surprising adventures of Mostafa, a Turk ... the whole illustrated with notes and a map. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Way to the Tomb of the Prophet, with an Intention to live there a private Lite. His Subjefts, with his Son at their Head* had rebelled again It him ; and having dethroned him, the unnatural Child caufed his Father’s Eyes to be put out, that he might have no longer Hopes ot re-afcending the Throne. He marched on Horefeback, with his Eyes . bound up, conducted by fifty Guards armed with Quivers full of Arrows. Since that Time we underiland that the Son died miferably ; and the Subjects returning to their Allegiance, re-eftablifhed their law¬ ful King on the Throne, and obeyed him with more Submiilion than ever. The Uzbeks are the Tatars bordering u$beks. on Perjia (0). They are governed by four Kings independant of each other : The moll powerful is the King of Balk : The G Second where, that in 1714, the Prince that reigned in Khovjarazm or Kharafm, was named Haji Mohammed Bahudcr Khan ; and as the Title ol Haji {hews he had been at Mecca, it is not improbable but it might have been the Prince in QuelHon j and, if fo, his Subjecfls were not fo loyal as is*SeeGcn. here reprefented j for we are told there happened fince Hiftory then (that is between 1714 and 1724) another Revolution Mog. and in the Government of that Country*, but without anyfatars. further Particulars. Turks f Orig. Tartars, but Tatar is the true Name. y0j j j p„ (0) Fora compleat and curious Account of the Uzbeks and the Countries polfelVd by them, fee the General Hi- ~ M ftory of the Turks, Moguls and Tatars already quoted, t Ibid, ■written by dbul Ghdzr Khan of Khosx arazm. Y ol I. from Prel.p.25»