DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.5295#0217
184 TRAVELS IN EGYPT, NUBIA,
The Jews have many synagogues, but very small, and
more filthy than those 1 have seen in other parts of the East.
Although they are oppressed and treated with more con-
tempt at Jerusalem than elsewhere, they still flock to it. To
sleep in Abraham's bosom is the wish of the old; the young
visit it in the hopes of the coming of the Messiah ; some are
content to remain, for the commerce they carry on.
They pay a heavy tax to the Turkish governor at Jeru-
salem. The sums to the aga of Jaffa when they land, and
to the chief of St. Jeremiah for safe conduct, produce a
large revenue to both. The Jewish quarter, as in all Eastern
towns, is separate from the rest. I found men from all
nations, except England.
The government of Jerusalem rests in the aga, appointed
by the Pasha of Damascus ; and a mufti, appointed by the
Porte, who unites the two offices of cadi and chief of the
religion in one. The emoluments arising from his office are
so great, that he only remains a year, when he is succeeded
by another. The convents contribute largely to the support
of these offices. Besides the sums advanced to the aga and
mufti, the convents are obliged to make the Pasha off Da-
mascus an annual present, on the arrival of his army, on its
way to Mecca. The amount depends on his pleasure, and is
announced on the first visit of ceremony paid by the trea-
surer, on his arrival.
The Jews have many synagogues, but very small, and
more filthy than those 1 have seen in other parts of the East.
Although they are oppressed and treated with more con-
tempt at Jerusalem than elsewhere, they still flock to it. To
sleep in Abraham's bosom is the wish of the old; the young
visit it in the hopes of the coming of the Messiah ; some are
content to remain, for the commerce they carry on.
They pay a heavy tax to the Turkish governor at Jeru-
salem. The sums to the aga of Jaffa when they land, and
to the chief of St. Jeremiah for safe conduct, produce a
large revenue to both. The Jewish quarter, as in all Eastern
towns, is separate from the rest. I found men from all
nations, except England.
The government of Jerusalem rests in the aga, appointed
by the Pasha of Damascus ; and a mufti, appointed by the
Porte, who unites the two offices of cadi and chief of the
religion in one. The emoluments arising from his office are
so great, that he only remains a year, when he is succeeded
by another. The convents contribute largely to the support
of these offices. Besides the sums advanced to the aga and
mufti, the convents are obliged to make the Pasha off Da-
mascus an annual present, on the arrival of his army, on its
way to Mecca. The amount depends on his pleasure, and is
announced on the first visit of ceremony paid by the trea-
surer, on his arrival.