Palestine And Syria: With the Chief Routes Through Mesopotamia And Babylonis ...
Palestine And Syria: With the Chief Routes Through Mesopotamia And Babylonis ...
Karl Baedeker
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Nearly opposite is a spot where the caravans which travel between Damascus and Baghdad two or three times a year generally encamp* These merchants bring Persian carpets and tum- bfik (tobacco for the water-pipe, which grows in Persia only, see p. xxix) from Baghdad, and carry back European and other wares. This trade is chiefly in the hands of the 'Ageil Beduins (p. 337). We continue to follow the wall, near which rope-makers busily ply their crafti On the wall above are several houses of the J...ewish quarter. We thus reach the Bdb esh-Sherki (PI. Ij F, 4, 5), the East CNkte of the city, which is of Roman origin. It consisted of a large gateway, 38 ft. high and 20 ft. wide, and two smaller gates of half the size ; but the principal gate and the smaller S. gate have long been built up. The small gate on the N. side is the present entrance to the town. Above the gate rises a minaret. [Fbom thb East Gate back to the Bazaab along the Straight Street (p. 307). Within the gate we turn into the first lane to the right, and in 3 min.
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