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Definition of Kasbahs
1. kasbah [n] - See also: kasbah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kasbahs
Literary usage of Kasbahs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1893)
"The kasbahs or citadels of the strongholds have either been razed to the ground
or so modified that their original form can no longer be recognised; ..."
2. The Land of the Moors: A Comprehensive Description by Budgett Meakin (1901)
"But the kasbahs of Ait Raha and Beni Mellal or Bel Kush are the most important,—'With
perhaps as many as fifteen hundred and one thousand inhabitants ..."
3. A Ride in Morocco Among Believers and Traders by Agnes Fraser (1902)
"Ruined kasbahs, and ruined rich Moors' houses were the camping-ground for peasants,
who herded their ... At intervals the Sultan has planted kasbahs or ..."
4. Adventures in Morocco and Journeys Through the Oases of Draa and Tafilet by Gerhard Rohlfs (1874)
"At intervals along the coast there are numerous kasbahs (forts), some in ruins and
... In these kasbahs the traveller can find protection in bad weather, ..."
5. The Conquest of New Granada: Being the Life of Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada by Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1922)
"Great rocks most probably stuck up through the surface of the track, just as they
do to-day in paths that lead to mountain kasbahs in North Africa. ..."
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