The Sun.
London, England, 1809-01-13 00:00:00

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DESCRIPTION OF IIdGDAD.

(concluded.)
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It now reaming to describe Bag or) the .Persian.
suit'.

This part of the city has a very large citadri at.
Ow west 'cod 'of the town, %Oki) .reache 4j)tl
hanks of the river,' capable of containing upwat:is
cat tive thou,and men in garrison 61 'at present •it• ti
in it upwards of three-.thothaia Ti3ere are (boy
biass guns mounted, eighteen :Ind' mentyffoul
pounders. • . •

From the citadel the wall commences, which el;.-
tends quite round, titre terminates at 'a•larke
that stands on the banke, of the rivecat the east end
of the town.- The walls are np% aids of thirty feet
high from the bOttom.of the ditch, which is dry, and
is thirty..fivc Nees hioid, and thirteen deep
from the top of thoglacis : it can be filled with wftz.:
ter at pleasure. • , • . . •

The walls•form an irregular pentagon, %CALI ten
.bastions and four gates, Six of the bastions. have
sixteen grans mounted on ea It ;. on each of thri
other tour are mounted ten ; over each of the two
:gates are mounted six, .and over each of the other
two are mounted eight gun's: ; the former on two
‘detni-hexagons, and the two latter on tWo dean-oc-
tagons ; besides these, there are upwards of thirty
-guns, from twelve to twenty. four pounders, round
-.the ramparts, and thirty-six mounted in the castle
.at the east end of the town: all ,the gun's are brais,
frhere are ten brass'mortao3, which, at present, are
in the ineydatt, or great square, where the horses
Lire trained and exercised. The 'ramparts are.'sup-
.perted ;by-strong arches, built regularly within the
Nvalls, so. as lb have a 'very pretty effe6f). In the,
,walk, these etches, are' apertures, about
three feet in height, and nine ,ifiches' in breadth;
the same kind are en the upper part, or the .parapet
round the rampartS, -but these sire intended her mos-
,cpaerry, .as well. as arrows. The carriages. of the
guns :are many of them' broken, and the parapet:
walk are in many places'in a shattered 'condition.
Near the west end ofthe town is the ntsha's set.
raglio, which is a very large building ; and close to
is another rspacioni structOre, without, window or
dour, on the land wilieh'is the twain, or la',
dies' apartment, having a•commultrication with the
palace, or seraglio, through a long 'lttrd lofty Cover-.,
eel gallery, supported. by a range of arches. Between
the batiks of the, river and the seraglio, is a spacious
garden, the walls of which are so close to tue'river,
that tlrey.may be said to make a part oil its banks, as
there is not room. for a man, to pass, the water
washing them when at the loweoit.. In the centre
• ;•, a gate with steps, to which the Paella's barge,
comes decesionally. On the land side of the seraglio.
is a huge area, sufficient to dt'av? up three:or tour
.thousand janissaries; beside which, there are a mi.'
Nary school, Offices, and apartments for domestic
Officers, the mint, stables for inany hundred it,orses,
with lodgings for the truants and their tiependtnts,'
•sever.ti large granaries, an arsenal,. with barracks
for the foot arid horse guards, all inclosed with a high
wall, with only one,gate for an entrance. :There
are not any !lapses or buildings, near to tile Nl'alk of
the 'seraglio. 1 'believe the' circumference
,Of the
w bele is more than ;10,1fmglisli mile.
About half a. mile front the setaglio is the great
mo,que, to which he Pasha
,g;••,e, in ;;,eat state every
Flick fuoriOng, attended try the great otri(ws, 11011 t
all mounted oe excellent hur,Qs,
so;Stiperbly,caprii.oried with gold aud, silver embroi-
'deo', inlaid With pearls and jewels ()le:very kind, as
.to smprise every stranger who Sec thou. The Ja
nlssa.ttes and Spabit, on those days, wear their best
.accoutrements, arid make a noble appeatiee,
_.Between the:seraglio and arsenal is a great square,
"call 1(1 time Meydan ; on the side um the *Oils of
the arsenal, the horses are trained and exeteised.-.
At One end is one of the gates of the city ; on the.
other a wall, iyhielt reaches front, the c' ills' of
time scr:1',;110, to those a the arsenal, along the banks
el the' river, w ithont ony apertere. On side
Ittf%t time city, and opposite, the ursena), are shops
of all Etna,, maoy coffee-houses amid, toe
open spac;e4 a ontinaa.l is kepted,
in boom s,
withlioard:i, andl.etivered, but open on rouod: Ttie
goods arw brought in the morning, and Carried !knife
in the evOrtiiig The rent of these booths is con Si.
'derable, and is the property of the (the f/a-
-lAL:tumult), who is always Guvernor oilhe
arsenal.

Wi.r bin the walls is a spacious place, which ex-
tends the whi',le length of the city. On the one
side is the town wall, with flights of steps .in many
places, to mount up io the ratnpartS; on the other
side are the walls 'of- the gardens of `those houses
which :lie contigi}ons to the town walls. Thes hQuNeg are Loo,tlylarge, and the Upper rooms over-.
looking the walls, being very pleasant,, are conse-
quently inhabited by people of fortune. In going
round the town, through this,street, you pas; by.all,
the gatv!); rho second -gate from the <irsenai
want!if §0 amt there are„only thfee which are
made use of.. (.I"kc bazais or marts for all kinds at
goods and merchodiie, arc many, and well filled
tire tWo principal ale each above halt a titil,• long,
but not arched like these at Aleppo; in:,=d of
which, there.,are;lie..lei wade of boards,. which pro.'
jet (mitt the w.tik on each aide So fir tie; only to.
leave an opening of about threeifeet in th 6 middle;
which is sufficient to give light, and shade the shbps
ftorti thP"scin, its r they have. but little r,no in this
country. Here are only two bazars arched
briek.. The principal merchants who are inhubi-
tants; and all foreign merchants, carry on their
fihiess in khans (called by Europeans cdras,ansera, :is
being more secure from fire andthieves, loving t.,nly
one entrance from the street, with strong ga:ci,
`'Which lead
,into an area generally Aelllart On ti
sick are magazines for good:, • strongly
atinVe, a gallery, Which; extends quueround, well
covered, in which are lodging :room,, arched in tin
same-manner. The rodfs are fiat and terrass,A Over,
(as, iOdeed, allthelhouses are;) there'is a fountain
of wmer in them all, and .ram informed, hat therti
'are Upwards of eighty such khans- in :/1:404d, wh;rh
i is by no '.means surprising When it is coif sidel
thar ibis is tha`grand mart 1.0. the produce of
and Persia, :Constantincipie, !Aleppo, and
ens is slyort, it is the grand' or:ktual depo-:;.eryi
there being a continual intercoure by caravini.iN:.
Weer.' these ports, t.xcepiing .the couituttnicationwith '
fiosOra, winch is carried on by w4te,' do the.
r,vers Tigris and Euphiates. . '