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Updated: May 24, 2025
Departing from thence we came to the city of Comagene of Syria, commonly called Aleppo, and named by our men Antioch . This is a goodly city, which is situated under mount Taurus and is subject to the lieutenant of Syria under the Soldan of Egypt. Here are the scales or ladders as they are called of the Turks and Syrians, being near mount Olympus. It is a famous mart of the Azamians and Persians.
The Azamians are a Mahometan people who inhabit Mesopotamia on the confines of Persia. From the sequel it is evident that Antioch is the place meant by Vertomannus in the text, as the scales, mart, or staple of the Syrian trade.
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