1 Near East geographical region. A. Hourani, Syria and Lebanon: A Political Essay (New York: Oxford University Press, 1946), 7 9
2 A schematic presentation of the city, showing its wall, the citadel, the central mosque and its thoroughfares and its quarters and markets. L. Schatkowski Schilcher, Families in Politics: Damascene Factions and Estates of the 18th and 19th Centuries, Berliner Islamstudien Band 2 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1985), between pp. 8 and 9 20
3 19th-century Damascus. Points of interest. Schatkowski Schilcher, Families in Politics, Damascene Factions and Estates of the 18th and 19th Centuries, Berliner Islamstudien Band 2 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1985), between pp. 12 and 13 20
4 Letter 1: F.O. 78/1557 232
5 Letter 2: F.O. 226/131 235