Butler Notes: Second Expedition in Syria, 1904

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[Plan, id-Dabbâghah, Bosra.]]

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Le Strange. Palestine Under the Muslems p. 537.

SHUBAITH. — "A mountain near Halab (Aleppo). It is of great length. On its summit is a tableland, where there are three villages. It is counted as belonging to the district of Al Ahass [=Djebel il-Kass]. Shubaith is a Kûrah (District) of Halab, and they bring into Halab from this mountain black rocks, of which they make millstones." (Yāḳ īt, iii, 257 ; learāsid ii. 94.)

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[Rough sketch of Bukeh Mosque, Bosra. ]

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Bosra [Illustration of smaller buildings.]

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Le'on de Laborde Voyage en Orient, Syria Paris 1840