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Damascus Sojourn Through Moslem City’s Winding Lanes
Special correspondence from Damascus, Syria, March 29, 1886, details Mr. Wehman’s travelogue of the city with vivid notes on Barada watercourses, Ghuta valley, terrain from Hermon to Anti Libanus, the Osmania mosque, Madinet-el-Arus view, and the labyrinth of narrow lanes, markets, baths, and mosques that define the ancient, largely Muslim center.
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Republican
Damascus
Syria
Mohammed
Barada
el A
Ghuta
Arabian Peninsula
Bograt
French Diligence Company
Lebanon Range
Blue Sea
Sebel Mokhmal
Dahr-el Kadib
Bekaa
Lebanon
Anti Libanus
Hermon
Shtora
Traver al
Baalbeck
Horman
Victoria
Amnintas
St Paul
St John the Baptist
St George
West Struc
Ture
Jeff
Christ
John
Yahia
Maxoogr
El-Salihiyeh
Mecca
El-Maidan
Palmyra
Bagdad
Cairo
Africa
Constantinople
Europe
Abd-el-Kader
Hauran
Joseph Ambar
Mosiacs
Orient