Lexicographical Neighbors of Dahabiyas
Literary usage of Dahabiyas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook for Egypt and the Sudan by John Murray, Harry Reginald Hall, John Murray (Firm) (1907)
"Cook and Son's dahabiyas. —Messrs. Thos. Cook and Son (Egypt, Ltd.), have a number
of private ..."
2. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1888)
"Boulak (qv ), whence the steamboats and dahabiyas start for the Nile voyage, is
principally noteworthy for its active printing-press and for the splendid ..."
3. Guide to Palestine and Egypt by Macmillan & Co (1901)
"It dates from the 5th dynasty, having the cartouches of Sahn-Ra, An, and Assa.
Notice in the second chamber pictures of primitive dahabiyas. ..."
4. A History of Egypt in the Middle Ages by Stanley Lane-Poole (1901)
"The thirty-eight state barges or dahabiyas for Nile processions included one made
for the caliph by order of the ..."
5. Egypt (La Mort de Philæ) by Pierre Loti [pseud.] by Pierre Loti (1910)
"When the wind rises there is a riotous unfurling of sails, which, stretched on
their long yards, give to the dahabiyas the air of birds in full flight. ..."
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