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in the Levant at the crossroads
the Hijaz is in Arabia, not Damascus
Egypt is another region
al-Andalus is far west
it was the Umayyad caliphate's capital for a century
the Abbasids' capital was Baghdad
the Fatimids' capital was Cairo
the Ottomans' capital was Istanbul
it stayed the Umayyad capital ninety years
that is the Abbasid era in Baghdad
that is the Mamluk era in Cairo
that is the Ottoman era in Istanbul
the Umayyad Mosque is its greatest
al-Aqsa is in Jerusalem
the Blue Mosque is in Istanbul
Cordoba's mosque is in al-Andalus
Mu'awiya founded the Umayyad caliphate there
Abd al-Malik came two generations later
al-Walid came after Abd al-Malik
Hisham was a descendant, not the founder
tradition names it where Jesus descends
in Damascus, not Egypt
a minaret, not a dome
a minaret, not a gate
the Hamidiyeh is its famed roofed market
the Grand Bazaar is Istanbul's
Marrakesh's souk is in Morocco
Khan al-Khalili is Cairo's
Nur al-Din patronised it with madrasas
Saladin was buried there after Nur al-Din
Harun was Abbasid in Baghdad
Nur al-Din patronised it centuries later
John the Baptist's grave is honoured by both faiths
not Solomon's but John's
not the Prophet's grave in Damascus
John's grave is there
people have lived there unbroken for millennia
not largest but oldest continuously
not first building but longest lived-in
it is not near Mecca but north
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