Identifier: triptoorientstor00jacorich (find matches)
Title: A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Jacob, Robert Urie
Subjects: Middle East -- Description and travel
Publisher: Philadelphia, The J. C. Winston co
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE SUMMER RESIDENCE OF THE MOORISH KINGS. this city; of the struggles between the Christian knightsunder the banner of Ferdinand, and the Moorish cava-liers under the standard of Mahomet; of fields coveredwith silken canopies; of cavalcades of warriors injeweled armor and nodding plumes; of hand-to-hand
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CHARMING VIEWS FROM BOUDOIR WINDOWS. (55) 56 A TRIP TO THE ORIENT. conflicts and daring exploits; of the siege and captureof the city and expulsion of the Moors from Spain.As we thought of the unfortunate Boabdil, the noblequeen mother Ayxa, and the beautiful Zoraya, driveninto exile, giving up their beloved palace, the home oftheir ancestors with all its wealth and beauty, to theirhated enemies, and leaving the land which had been inpossession of the Moors for eight centuries, we to someextent realized the sorrow that filled the hearts of thedeparting exiles as they looked back for the last timeon the heights of Granada and wept. Although the buildings of the Alhambra are partlyin ruins, the view from the Old Watch Tower has notchanged materially. Standing on the tiled roof to whichwe climbed by man)^ well worn stone steps, we saw amagnificent panorama spread out before us. The citylay almost at our feet; beautiful valleys extended formany miles dotted with white villages; gray olive

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