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I had intended to sleep at Om Ezzeitoun, but I found the Druses very ill-disposed towards me. It was generally reported that I had discovered a treasure in 1810 at Shohba, near this place, and it was supposed that I had now returned to carry off what I had then left behind. I had to combat against this story at almost every place, but I was nowhere so rudely received as at this village, where I escaped ill treatment only by assuming a very imposing air, and threatening with many oaths, that if I lost a single hair of my beard, the Pasha would levy an avania of many purses on the village. I had with me an old passport from Soleiman Pasha, who, though no longer governor of Damascus, had been charged pro tempore with the government till the arrival of the new Pasha, who was expected from Constantinople.
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John Lewis Burckhardt (1784-1817) was an explorer of the Middle East who travelled widely in disguise as a Muslim. This work of 1822 fulfils the promise of 'a view of Arabian life and manners in every degree', and includes Burckhardt's famous account of the ancient city of Petra.
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- PublisherEcho Library
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1406800821
- ISBN 13 9781406800821
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
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