And there was a young fellow over there, with rich auburn hair flung back from a fine reddish forehead, who had been pointed out to him as the son of a rich old boy who had been there all his life as a Turkey merchant, with great estates and a grand house at Boudja where they were to hold a magnificent garden party to welcome the old General on his arrival from a tour of inspection in syria.
"Command"
William McFee
Now this language is a form of the Arabic; and, with the exception of some of the dialects of syria, it is the only instance of that language in the mouth of a Christian population.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
Once when he was inspecting the flocks of the king in syria, he had seen at the dwelling of Simmas, the keeper of these flocks, a beautiful maiden, and he was so overcome with love for her that he sought and obtained her as a wife from Simmas.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker