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Page 254
... Nafud ( Nefud ) have been crossed by several travellers , though a large area remains unexplored in the north - east between Kasim and the gulf . In the centre , the journeys of W. Palgrave , C. Doughty , W. Blunt and C. Huber have done ...
... Nafud ( Nefud ) have been crossed by several travellers , though a large area remains unexplored in the north - east between Kasim and the gulf . In the centre , the journeys of W. Palgrave , C. Doughty , W. Blunt and C. Huber have done ...
Page 256
... Nafud in four days to Jubba , and after a halt there in the nomad camps , he moved on to Hail , already a thriving town , and the capital of the Shammar state whose limits included all northern Arabia from Kasim to the Syrian border ...
... Nafud in four days to Jubba , and after a halt there in the nomad camps , he moved on to Hail , already a thriving town , and the capital of the Shammar state whose limits included all northern Arabia from Kasim to the Syrian border ...
Page 257
... Nafud to Haiyania by a more direct track than that from Shakik to Jubba . The amir was away from his capital settling the affairs of his newly acquired territory ; Nolde therefore , after a short halt at Hail , journeyed on to Ibn ...
... Nafud to Haiyania by a more direct track than that from Shakik to Jubba . The amir was away from his capital settling the affairs of his newly acquired territory ; Nolde therefore , after a short halt at Hail , journeyed on to Ibn ...
Page 258
... Nafud . The northern edge of this great desert follows very nearly the line of the thirtieth parallel , along which Nafud . it extends east and west for a length of some 400 m .; its breadth from north to south is 200 m . Though almost ...
... Nafud . The northern edge of this great desert follows very nearly the line of the thirtieth parallel , along which Nafud . it extends east and west for a length of some 400 m .; its breadth from north to south is 200 m . Though almost ...
Page 260
... Nafud towards Jauf , but very little in the basin of the W. Hamd ( on the western slope ) . Doughty adds that the Nejd highlands between Kasim and Mecca are watered yearly by seasonable rains , which at Taif are expected about the end ...
... Nafud towards Jauf , but very little in the basin of the W. Hamd ( on the western slope ) . Doughty adds that the Nejd highlands between Kasim and Mecca are watered yearly by seasonable rains , which at Taif are expected about the end ...
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