Abstract:

The travel notes on Damascus written by European travellers who travelled through the Damascus region for centuries for the purposes of pilgrim or other were examined in this study. This research article examining the works of nearly twenty travellers such as Arnold von Harff, Johann von Ehrenberg, Salomon Schweigger, Johann Wild, Franz Ferdinand von Troilo deals with the architectural structures of the city of Damascus and the religious life, social and cultural structure and commercial life of the people of the city from the perspectives of travellers. The information, including the observations of the travellers from their entrance to leaving the city, and the statements they heard from the local people, aims to create a holistic picture of Damascus in that period. In addition, in the travel books, the agricultural activities around the city and the demographic situation of the people of the city were handled in comparison with the archive records of the period.   

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