 | 1829 - 696 pàgines
...themselves unable to afford the expense of repairs; and thus numerous buildings in the outskirts have fallen into ruin, and the town itself exhibits in every street houses rapidly decaying. I saw only one of recent construction; it belonged to a sherif, and cost, as report said, one hundred... | |
 | 1829 - 512 pàgines
...letting of their lodgings, have found themselves unable to afford the expense of repairs ; and thus numerous buildings in the outskirts have fallen completely...exhibits in every street houses rapidly decaying. I saw only one of recent construction ; it was in the quarter of El Shebeyka, belonged to a Sheriff,... | |
 | John Lewis Burckhardt - 1829 - 492 pàgines
...the letting of their lodgings, found themselves unable to afford the expense of repairs ; and thus numerous buildings in the out-skirts have fallen completely...exhibits in every street houses rapidly decaying. I saw only one of recent construction ; it was in the quarter of El Shebeyka, belonged to a sherif,... | |
 | John Lewis Burckhardt - 1829 - 576 pàgines
...the letting of their lodgings, found themselves unable to afford the expense of repairs ; and thus numerous buildings in the out-skirts have fallen completely...exhibits in every street houses rapidly decaying. I saw only one of recent construction ; it was in the quarter of El Shebeyka, belonged to a sherif,... | |
 | Francis E. Peters - 1994 - 542 pàgines
...from the letting of their lodgings, found themselves unable to afford the expense of repairs; and thus numerous buildings in the outskirts have fallen completely into ruin, and the town exhibits in every street houses rapidly decaying. I saw only one of recent construction; it was in... | |
 | William Smith - 1873 - 1654 pàgines
...streets broader, and stone houses more lofty, than in other Eastern cities : but since the decline of tbe pilgrimage " numerous buildings in the outskirts have...the population of the city and suburbs, besides from 3OÜO to 4000 Abyssinians and black slaves: its habitations are capable of containing three times this... | |
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Mekkawys, no longer deriving profit from the letting of their lodgings, found themselves unable to afford the expense of repairs ; and thus numerous buildings in the out-skirts have fallen completely into ruin, and the town itself exhibits in every street... 