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Damascus (32 Subjects)

The central market of Damascus.

View of Damascus from Al-Salihiyah.

A sitting room in the residence of an affluent Muslim family in Damascus.

The Great Khan at Damascus.

Cafes in Damascus.

Court of a Muslim house near Salahiyeh near Damascus.

Damascus-Distant view from the Mountain Side.

Kyrgyz or Arab nobleman leaving Damascus to go on the pilgrimage to Mecca.

View of Damascus.

Lady from Damascus.

Damascus.

Damascus.

1. Christian lady of Damascus. 2. Christian lady of Aleppo. 3. Arab sheik from Syria.

View of Damascus.

Plan of the Great Mosque of Damascus.

View of Jericho. View of the fortress of Damascus.

View of Damascus.

Bridge near Damascus.

The site where Paul was baptized by Ananias. The site on the route to Damascus where Paul converted to Christianism.

Site outside Damascus where it was believed that Cain killed Abel.

Church on the route from Damascus to Beirut, site of Noah's tomb according to tradition.

Banana tree seen by Thevet in Damascus.

Muslim ascetes, probably members of Dervish orders, whom Thevet encountered in Damascus.

Turkish man from Tunis and Turkish man drom Damascus.

View of Damascus, Syria.

The fountain at the courtyard of Sinan Pasha mosque in Damascus.

Water cisterns in Kteifa, town at the outskirts of Damascus. According to the author the cisterns provided water to the inn of the city and were also used as water troughs for domestic animals.

Woman of Damascus.

Itinerant sherbet seller at Damascus.

Woman of Damascus, probably Christian.