Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacredBurckhardt, John Lewis
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Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred
Burckhardt, John Lewis
Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel
Bab-es-Salam, composed of 3 Bab beni Sheybe.
smaller gates, or arches.
Bab el Neby 2 Bab el Djenaiz,
The dead being
carried through it
to the mosque,
that prayers may
be said over their
bodies.
Bab el Abbas. 3 Bab Sertakat.
Opposite to this the house
of Abbas once stood.
Bab Aly 3 Bab Beni Hashem.
Bab el Zeyt
2 Bab Bazan.
Bab el Ashra
Bab el Baghle 2
Bab el Szafa 5 Bab Beni Makhzoum.
Bab Sherif 2 Bab el Djyad.
Bab Medjahed 2 Bab el Dokhmase
Bab Zoleykha 2 Bab Sherif Adjelan
(who built it.)
Bab Om Hany. 2
So called from the daughter
of Aby Taleb.
Bab el Wodaa. 2 Bab el Hazoura
Through which the pilgrim
passes in taking his final
leave of the temple.
Bab Ibrahim 1 Bab el Kheyatyn,
or Bab Djomah.
[So called, not from
Abraham, but from a
tailor who had his
shop near it.]
[p.153]
Bab el Omra 1
Through which the pilgrims
issue to visit the Omra.
Also called Beni Saham.
Bab Ateek 1 Bab Amer Ibn el
Aas, or Bab el
Sedra.
Bab el Bastye 1 Bab el Adjale.
Bab el Kotoby 1 Bab Zyade Dar
el Nedoua.
[Taking its name from the
famous author of a History
of Mekka, who lived in an
adjoining lane, and opened
this small gate into the
mosque.
Bab Zyade 3
Bab Dereybe 1 Bab Medrese.
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Total number of arches 39
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