birket

Here is a small ruined village, the houses of which were well built of stone, with a small birket or reservoir, and a ruined well close by.

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A small rivulet, tepid, like that in Wady Fatme, rises near the Souk, and is collected on the outside of the village in a small birket, now ruined, and then waters the plain.

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Near the birket there are also the ruins of a sebyl.

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The road from Mekka, eastward, towards Arafat and Tayf, passes by this house; at a short distance beyond it the valley widens, and here the Egyptian Hadj establishes its encampment, part of which generally stretches over the plain towards the birket.

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As the aqueduct furnishes water but scantily, adjoining to the western birket are some acres, irrigated by means of a well, and producing vegetables.

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Near it is a well of sweet water, and a small birket, or reservoir, built of stone: a little building annexed to the tomb serves as a sort of khan for travellers.

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Kotobeddyn, the birket and sebyl were built by Kayd Beg, Sultan of

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The route of the Egyptian Hadj passes here; and for its convenience, a birket, or reservoir, has been constructed.

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When the birket contains from eight to ten feet of water, the supply is deemed sufficient for the caravan.

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The route of the Egyptian Hadj passes here; and for its convenience, a birket, or reservoir, has been constructed.

Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred John Lewis Burckhardt 1800