Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae

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DAMUN

Aeteilaasa

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mensuring a stone's throw from sicle to si le), square, anil strengtheneo by four towers. It was a frontior fori at the solitheriamost bordor of the Crusa lorstate, and a sent for the Crusacter administration in tho solith responsibio for the collection os taxos in the solitheria region anil of Custonis froin the Caravans and travellers on the Soa Route frona Egypt Tho Mustim rutors rogar leo the forti ess as a permanent threat to E Pt, as

but mentions nothing about it in his time. Guerin, who visite i tho placo on May 29 l863, i lenti eri it witti Daroni. He closcribes a sinali village parib ruinocl os abolit 350 inhabitanis. In l862, he says, the place sufferect a nigh rate os mortality bocause of stagnant water. Accor ling to a locat tradition the mosque was butit ovor the Chapel os anancient conveni. The place was calleri uter the clate palms, which were care-