Abstract: For Europeans living in Aleppo, a visit to Jerusalem held obvious appeal. Biddulph made the journey overland during the spring of 1601, and once again demonstrates indifference to the locals and their lives except in so far as what he witnessed confirmed what he already wanted to believe. At the time, Jerusalem was a city of fewer than 10,000 people, its wealth and population having increased rapidly following the Ottoman occupation by Selim I in the final months of 1516, though the population had already started contracting by the end of the sixteenth century.2 Under Suleiman I, 'the Magnificant' (1520–66), the water supply was improved, the walls and gates stoutly rebuilt, a splendid new covered market constructed and a law court established to which even Christian and Jewish residents took their grievances.3 Commerce was encouraged and many well-placed local families grew prosperous.4
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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