By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913 . loop-holed for musketry. The circuit of theeastern fortifications is 10,600 yards, and of the western5,800, in all 16,400 yards of wall, , 9 miles 24 furlongs. During the four visits which I paid to Baghdad in 1888,1889,1890, and 1891,1 spent whatever time I had free fromwork in wandering about the city. The ground outsideBaghdad, both east and west, was well cultivated, and thegardens were beautiful; on the northern side there wasnothing but desert. A gre
By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913 . loop-holed for musketry. The circuit of theeastern fortifications is 10,600 yards, and of the western5,800, in all 16,400 yards of wall, , 9 miles 24 furlongs. During the four visits which I paid to Baghdad in 1888,1889,1890, and 1891,1 spent whatever time I had free fromwork in wandering about the city. The ground outsideBaghdad, both east and west, was well cultivated, and thegardens were beautiful; on the northern side there wasnothing but desert. A great deal of the northern part ofthe area within the walls is ruins, and, speaking generally,the inhabited portion of the city is a comparatively ^ See above, p. 190. ^ The wall of Eastern Baghdad was built by the Khahfah Mustazhirabout 488 = 1095 ; it was repaired by the Khalifah 568 = 1173. Thus Felix Joness estimate is two centuriestoo early. See le Strange, Baghdad, p. 279. 1. B&b al-Wastini 3. Bab a^-Talism 4. Bab ash-SharIji 5. British Residency 6. Bab aj-Jisr 7. Bridge of Boats. Pic of BAGHDADby Felix Jones 2o8 Eastern Baghdad in 1888. narrow strip of land mnning parallel with the riverAll the best houses stood on the river front, and thenthe chief Government OfiBces were situated. Many partof the city wall were in ruins, and in some places onl^its foundations remained. All the buildings round abouthe gates and the stone bridges which spanned the ditcloutside the wall were in a shocking state of decay. Thstreets were narrow, and with the exception of thoswhich led to the bazars, or into the Residency Street,were dull and drean,- places to walk in. Passengers werfew, and there was nothing to be seen on either sidexcept blank walls. Many wooden balconies project©into the street at a height of about twelve feet from ih>ground, but the\ were all closely shuttered, and weronly used by the inmates as spy-holes. The mai]entrances to
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