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Page 42
... entered when they retook the city from the Latins . Just outside this gate , standing in a grove of trees , is the Holy Well of Balukli . I was sorry not to visit , for it is the scene of the legend of the half - fried fish . The place ...
... entered when they retook the city from the Latins . Just outside this gate , standing in a grove of trees , is the Holy Well of Balukli . I was sorry not to visit , for it is the scene of the legend of the half - fried fish . The place ...
Page 74
... entered the Green Mosque , built by Muhammad I in 1420 , the internal walls of which are entirely covered with old faïence of exquisite design , green being the chief colour . The doors , and the whole of what one might call a side ...
... entered the Green Mosque , built by Muhammad I in 1420 , the internal walls of which are entirely covered with old faïence of exquisite design , green being the chief colour . The doors , and the whole of what one might call a side ...
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... entered through the door . On the left - hand side , running nearly the whole length of the room , was a narrow stone table , hewn out of the rock , and detached everywhere except at its base ; it was rounded at the inner end , where ...
... entered through the door . On the left - hand side , running nearly the whole length of the room , was a narrow stone table , hewn out of the rock , and detached everywhere except at its base ; it was rounded at the inner end , where ...
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