- a variation of Djerba.
Jerba
Britishnoun
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Despairing of weathering the north side of Jerba the panic-stricken Christians ran their ships ashore, and deserted them, never stopping even to set them on fire.
From The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Stanley Lane-Poole
Medina-Celi, Duke of, expedition to Jerba and defeat, 138-140 Memi Arnaut, 185 Memi Gancho, 220 Mendoza, 81, 114 Merin, dynasty, 22 Minorca, 92 Modon, 71 Mohammed II.,
From The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Stanley Lane-Poole
The people of Jerba, despite their simple agricultural pursuits, were impatient of control, and, as often as not, were independent of the neighbouring kingdom of Tunis or any other state.
From The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Stanley Lane-Poole
The port of Tunis now hardly sufficed his wants, so he established himself temporarily on the fertile island of Jerba, and from its ample anchorage his ships issued forth to harry the coasts of Italy.
From The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Stanley Lane-Poole
In the village of Mohulpahari there was a youth named Jerba.
From Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas
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