Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 415
March we find him at Hilla. In order to avoidthe territory of the Said and to pay a brief visit to theqaimmaqam of Diwaniye, he hired three large native boats{meshhufs) and sailed, accompanied by thirty-five skilledlaborers and six zabtiye, who were to remain with him,through the Daghara canal to… … \ X DURING 10111 CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 349 Stay at the ruins. The two principal shaikhs of the Hamza,Abud el-Hamid and Hamid el-Birjiid, in whose territorythe mounds of Nuffar are situated, were summoned to theguest-chamber {mudhif) of the ruler of all the Afej. Buthaving carefully laid…
