ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DAHABEAH
From Arabic dhahabīyah, literally: the golden one (that is, gilded barge).
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DAHABEAH»
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dahabeah in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft All Round the ...
So many visitors have been attracted to the Nile of late years that the most
familiar name of passenger and pleasure boats is that of "dahabeah." As the
visitors increased in numbers so did the number of luxuries obtainable on board
these craft ...
Robert Taylor Pritchett, 1899
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The Peterson Magazine: 1883
But there was the dahabeah tightly wedged to start; for the descent of the cataract
must be _ between the rocks, a large hole in her side, made before the wind was
up. Mrs. Sackville's through which the water was pouring. dahabeah was to go ...
Ann Sophia Stephens, Charles Jacobs Peterson, 1883
3
Egypt: As Described by Great Writers
THE DAHABEAH FREDERIC EDEN A DAHABEAH has generally fine lines and a
very handsome shape ; she is built of wood as a rule, but not rarely of iron. Her
sides are low, her beam is great, and her draught light. In one respect her form is
...
Mrs. Sackville's dahabeah was to go first. It weut gayly off, Mollis, from the deck of
their own boat, watching it with breathless interest. The prophet's green flags
were fluttering ; the holy men were chanting the Koran : the cataract A nibs were ...
Charles Jacobs Peterson, 1883
In a second, they were shooting down the foaming cataract, in front of which is a
huge black rook. One breathless moment. The steersmen do their part; the
dahabeah turns suddenly; dashes by the dangerous rock ; and is safely lauded
on the ...
We some time back leased three of the best known dahabeahs on the Nile, viz.,
the Fostat, Gazelle, and Sultana, and at the suggestion of a number of
distinguished travellers who patronised our dahabeah arrangements of last
season, we ...
Cook Thomas and son, ltd, 1881
Mrs. Sackville's 3 through which the water was pouring. dahabeah was to go first.
It went gayly otf,i Sir Leslie, looking pale and anxious, jvint'd Mollie, from the deck
of their own boat, watching 3 the group as soon as possible, and took them on ...
As the building is not yet ready, his Highness, who pays a visit every week, keeps
a superb Sanderson KHEDIVES DAHABEAH dahabeah, one of the most
beautiful I have ever seen, on board of which he has a large bedroom, bath-room
, ...
Amédée Baillot de Guerville, 1906
fined to bed and who has a party of from four to ten and can afford the cost of so
luxurious a mode of travel is to take a dahabeah and sail from Cairo to Assouan
on the Nile. Egypt, “the gift of the Nile,” from any point of view or any physical ...
A dahabeah may be of apparently any size. It may be propelled by steam or
solely by sail. It may be an excursion steamer on the American plan, or a postal
boat for general and commercial purposes, or it may be a luxurious yacht fitted
out ...
