A Few Months in the East Or a Glimpse of the Red the Dead And the Black Sea
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Murray, Mr. Brown, Dr. Coates, and two young Englishmen. We were met at the gate by the Sheikh ; and, on presenting our firman, with seven sovereigns, were allowed to pass the barrier. The Mosque of Omar is certainly a splendid edifice, even more beautiful, in my opinion, than the Metro- politan Mosque of St. Sophia in Constantinople. The history of this famous site, and of the platform which it now occupies, is long and intricate. It would be far beyond the object of these pages to trace the 1...05 record through the nearly four thousand years which have passed since the father of the faithful erected an altar on the spot, on which to sacrifice his son Isaac, in obedience to Jehovah's command : here was the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite ; here stood the Temple of Solomon, with the Holy of Holies ; and here taught a greater than Solomon, as one having authority, and not as the scribes. This renowned locality, as our neighbours might justly term it, is now called Haram, or Haram-esh- sharif" The Noble Sanctuary;" it is equal in extent to about one-fifth of the whole city, and certainly the finest part of it.
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