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The squeezes of the Arabic inscriptions accrued by way of Max van Berchem within the heart East are provided right here in a scientific approach followed through their experiences and pictures. this is often the 1st of with a bit of luck volumes with a purpose to hide the entire latest squeezes within the information, representing many inscriptions which do not exist.
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1 General view of Gaza 1842 dominated by the Great Mosque (English artist W. , and an important strategic location on the southern borders of Palestine, and on the main travel and commerce route connecting Egypt with the Fertile Crescent. This route, which the Roman called Via Maris (the Sea Route), joined up in Gaza with a branch of the famous “Spice Route” along which were transported spices, frankincense, and other expensive and luxurious commodities from Yemen and South Arabia to the north.
He prefers the date 965 (MvB Coll. VII, 71). For more details see inscription No. 83 for the years 965(995). ) prefers the later date and rejects the popular k§tib al-awliy§". The mosque is built in great proximity to the Greek Orthodox Church, and, as indicated above, its minaret which had been small and was elevated after WW1, is only a few metres away from the bell tower of the church. The local legend, recounted by #$rif al-#$rif, could not miss this forced proximity of the mosque and the church, and attributed the fomer construction to no less than #Amr b.
Plan C4) The Jewish and the Christian neighbourhoods were located in this quarter (see note). The Daraj Quarter is separated from the Zaytån Quarter by a wide road built during WWI by Jam§l Pasha. He ordered the demolition of a great part of the medieval Kh§n az-Zayt to make room for the road to which he gave his name. The city council however, decided to change its name to #Umar al-Mukht§r Street. (Figs. P2, P3, P27 Kh§n az-Zayt showing the road cut through it). The last Quarter in the southeast (generally east): \§rat (or \ayy) as-Saj§#iyyah.