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Page 72
... town with Mount Olympus rising in the background is beautiful when seen from the plain of Filehdár , an hour's distance from it , and I can truly say that I have seen nothing like it during my travels . Brússa is a very devout town ...
... town with Mount Olympus rising in the background is beautiful when seen from the plain of Filehdár , an hour's distance from it , and I can truly say that I have seen nothing like it during my travels . Brússa is a very devout town ...
Page 74
... town are not ashamed to enter these Búza - houses , although abundance of youths , dancers and singers , girt with Brússa girdles , here entice , their lovers to ruin . The roads are paved with large Aint - stones , a kind of paving not ...
... town are not ashamed to enter these Búza - houses , although abundance of youths , dancers and singers , girt with Brússa girdles , here entice , their lovers to ruin . The roads are paved with large Aint - stones , a kind of paving not ...
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... town of Bayas . His power was such that he could even imprison the Dutch consul with impunity . When the news spread abroad that Kutchuk Ali had entrapped an European , the mountaineers descended in crowds to see how much humanity the ...
... town of Bayas . His power was such that he could even imprison the Dutch consul with impunity . When the news spread abroad that Kutchuk Ali had entrapped an European , the mountaineers descended in crowds to see how much humanity the ...
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