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  • GB/2/9/2/8
    GB/2/9/2/8 … Wed 8. [8 February 1905] Up at 7 and breakfasted at 7.30. At 8 Namrud appeared and we …
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  • GB/2/9/2/9
    GB/2/9/2/9 … Thurs 9. [9 February 1905] Very stormy with a strong south wind. Turned round the door …
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  • GB/2/9/2/10
    GB/2/9/2/10 … Fri 10. [10 February 1905] Still stormy but better. Decided to stay one day more and …
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  • GB/2/9/2/11
    GB/2/9/2/11 … Sat 11. [11 February 1905] Again too stormy to go, not so bad as Thursday but it …
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  • GB/2/9/2/12
    GB/2/9/2/12 … Sun 12. [12 February 1905] Stormy but we started getting off at 8.45. Namrud, Gablan …
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  • GB/2/9/2/13
    GB/2/9/2/13 … Mon 13. [13 February 1905] Wonderful morning with mist on the hills which lifted as …
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  • GB/2/9/2/14
    GB/2/9/2/14 … Tues. 14. [14 February 1905] Got off at 7.45, cloudy at first but it cleared and …
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  • GB/2/9/2/15
    GB/2/9/2/15 … Wed 15. [15 February 1905] Explored the town a little. The houses are not decorated …
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  • GB/2/9/2/16
    GB/2/9/2/16 … Thurs 16. [16 February 1905] Copied inscriptions and breakfasted with Muhammad. Off …
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  • GB/2/9/2/17
    GB/2/9/2/17 … Fri. 17. [17 February 1905] Nasib came to see me in the morning. Then I visited the …
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  • GB/2/9/2/18
    GB/2/9/2/18 … Sat 18. [18 February 1905] Bitter cold and a little snow. We therefore determined to …
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  • GB/2/9/2/19
    GB/2/9/2/19 … Sun. 19. [19 February 1905] Still very cold but fine so I resolved to start. The man …
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  • GB/2/9/2/20
    GB/2/9/2/20 … Mon 20. [20 February 1905] Up before dawn and went out into the frozen village to …
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  • GB/2/9/2/21
    GB/2/9/2/21 … Tues 21. [21 February 1905] We got off soon after 8, Habib on his best mule, Mikhail …
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  • GB/2/9/2/22
    GB/2/9/2/22 … Wed 22. [22 February 1905] A beautiful clear dawn. The air felt clean and cold like a …
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  • GB/2/9/2/23
    GB/2/9/2/23 … Thurs 23. [23 February 1905] Woke after dawn, a lovely clear day with a very cold …
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  • GB/2/9/2/24
    GB/2/9/2/24 … Fri 24. [24 February 1905] Very cold. My sponges frozen into a solid mass. Quite 10 …
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  • GB/2/9/2/25
    GB/2/9/2/25 … Sat 25. [25 February 1905] Today the running stream outside my tent was frozen and …
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  • GB/2/9/2/26
    GB/2/9/2/26 … Sun 26. [26 February 1905] We were warned against the desert road on account of …
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  • GB/2/9/2/27
    GB/2/9/2/27 … Mon 27. [27 February 1905] Mark Sykes left the morning of the day I arrived. He had …
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