Note 052 Damascus is amply described by the Sherif al Edrisi (Geograph. Nub. p. 116, 117), and his translator, Sionita (Appendix, c. 4); Abulfeda (Tabula Syriae, p. 100 ); Schultens (Index Geograph. ad Vit. Saladin.); D'Herbelot (Biblioth. Orient. p. 291); Thevenot (Voyage du Levant, part i. p. 688, 698); Maundrell (Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, p 122-130); and Pocock (Description of the East, vol. ii. p. 117-127).]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 51