Travels in Syria And the Holy Land
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The chief, who resides in the castle, is styled Emir; hisname is Zogheby [Arabic], of the family of Soleiman; he informed me thathis family had been possessors of the Emirship from remote times, andthat they are recognised as such by express Firmahns from the Porte;Zogherby is a nephew of Mustafa, the Emir who was slain by the Anzeyrys. Some of his relations command in the Ismayly castles of El Kadmous, ElKohf, El Aleyka, and El Merkah, in the mountains towards Ladakie. Afterwhat has lately tak...en place, it [p. 154]extreme: they are, apparently, at peace, but many secret murdersare committed: "Do you suppose, " said a handsome young man to me, whilehis eyes flashed with anger, "that these whiskers shall turn gray beforeI shall have taken my revenge for a slaughtered wife and two infantchildren?" But the Ismaylys are weak; I do not think that they canmuster eight hundred fire-locks, while the Anzeyrys are triple thatnumber.
The principal produce of the neighbourhood of Maszyad is silk. They havelarge plantations of mulberry trees, which are watered by numerousrivulets descending on all sides from the mountain into the valley; andas few of them dry up in summer, this must be a delightful residenceduring the hot season.
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The chief, who resides in the castle, is styled Emir; hisname is Zogheby [Arabic], of the family of Soleiman; he informed me thathis family had been possessors of the Emirship from remote times, andthat they are recognised as such by express Firmahns from the Porte;Zogherby is a nephew of Mustafa, the Emir who was slain by the Anzeyrys. Some of his relations command in the Ismayly castles of El Kadmous, ElKohf, El Aleyka, and El Merkah, in the mountains towards Ladakie. Afterwhat has lately tak...en place, it [p. 154]extreme: they are, apparently, at peace, but many secret murdersare committed: "Do you suppose, " said a handsome young man to me, whilehis eyes flashed with anger, "that these whiskers shall turn gray beforeI shall have taken my revenge for a slaughtered wife and two infantchildren?" But the Ismaylys are weak; I do not think that they canmuster eight hundred fire-locks, while the Anzeyrys are triple thatnumber.
The principal produce of the neighbourhood of Maszyad is silk. They havelarge plantations of mulberry trees, which are watered by numerousrivulets descending on all sides from the mountain into the valley; andas few of them dry up in summer, this must be a delightful residenceduring the hot season.
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