MRP: Aleppo

Aleppo

Editorial history

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Suggested links

See Constantinople
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(1) Search for images and plan of Aleppo

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Images

East Mediterranean detail, Carte du Bassin Méditerranéen, de l'Asie Mineure etc., le Brun, 1714

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Plan of City of Aleppo, Russell, 2nd edn, 1794

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Townscape

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Image credits & copyright information

(1) Detail from 'Carte du bassin méditerranéen, de l'Asie mineure etc.' in Corneille Le Brun, Illustrations de Voyage au Levant (Paris, 1714), carte dépl. en reg. p. 1
- Book and image are out of copyright
- Sourced from Bibliothèque nationale de France: Gallica.bnf.fr, for non-commercial use

(2) 'Plan of the city of Aleppo', in Alexander Russell, The Natural History of Aleppo, vol. 1, 2nd edn. (London, 1794), betw. pp. 12 & 13[[FootNote(This is the footnote text)]
- Book and image are out of copyright
- Sourced from an Internet Archive copy

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Notes

Tavernier, Aleppo to Ispahan, ca. 1644

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Aleppo caravans, ca. 1816

"The great regular caravan from Aleppo to Bagdad, across the Syrian Desert, was not expected to leave the former city until September; but a smaller one had been formed, for the purpose of going, by a more circuitous route, to Mardin and Mousul on the Tigris...I accordingly obtained an introduction to a merchant of Mousul, named Hadgee Abd-el-Rakhmān, who was returning by this caravan to his native city, with merchandize from the pilgrimage at Mecca. For the respect which, as he said, he bore the English nation, from having always traded with them until the decline of their commerce at Aleppo, he consented to admit me into his party."

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Damascus to Aleppo, 1843

"Von Damaskus ging ich nach Beirut und schiffte mich, um die langweilige Landreise nach Aleppo zu vermeiden, am 4 Februar 1843 an Bord des englischen Kauffahrtei-Schooners, Eleanor Palmer, der nach Skanderun bestimmt war, ein. Beinahe alle britischen Fahrzeige, die die Küste von Syrien besuchen, laden einen Theil ihrer Fracht in Beirut under den andern in Skanderun aus, ohne einen dazwischenliegenden Punkt zu berühren, da sie meistens auschliesslich brittische Güter führen, die and die Häuser in Beirut unde Aleppo adressirt sind, von welch leyzerer Stadt Skanderun die Scala ist, und suchen dann eine Rückfracht, nach Smyrna und Alexandrien. Die französichen Fahrzeuge, die sich meistens mit dem Landhandel abgeben, legen in Tripolis und Latakia an, um um Seide, Oel und andere Producte der Gegend einzunehmen."

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Mentions of Aleppo in Wiki

Inventories

See Sir George Smith list of assets & partial inventory

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Letters

See XXXX

See 3rd April 1663, Letter from Daniel Pennington to Sir GO, London, Letter 2

In y:e Interim for á present exepedition, I pray doo ee y:e favour as to employe them in á very good dymond or Dymonds or else in some Granats w:ch y:e Jewes from Allep have often traded in to great proffitt & from thence send them to Venice I see noe Cause but they may bee sent hither to Convey thither w:th as little expence of tyme, Charge, & hazard as by Carravan if you please to make á tryall & y:t it take, it may hereafter prove of advantage to us both

See 13th May 1663, Letter from Gamaliel Nightingale & Mun Browne to Sir GO, Aleppo

See 10th August 1663, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, London

Honored President.

Under y:e present I sent you two Packets of lres by way of Liv:o & Marcellia, Both recommended to Consull Lannoy at Alepo to bee Conveyed to you; in them weare lres from Madam Dalyson & S:r W:m Rider, which I hope will Come safe to yo:r reception

See 20th August 1663, Letter from Gamaliel Nightingale to Sir GO, Aleppo

See 14th September 1665, Letter from Whinchelsea, Pira of Constant:ple

I have a pticular likeing to y:t Drinke w:ch they call Tea, & therefore I must desire you to doe mee y:e ffavo:e to send mee by y:e Caravan w:ch come for Allepo such a proportion thereof as may serve for 2:psons á whole yeare

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Wills

See Mun Browne will

- Mun Browne, the son of Humfry Browne, was a merchant at Aleppo, though his will was probably written when he was in London. His brother was the SVJS subscriber Edwin Browne

See Joseph Carew will

- "I Joseph Carew Resident in Aleppo"

See Philip Strode will

- "I Phillip Strode of London Merchant now resident in Aleppo"

See Sir Andrew Riccard will

- Sir Andrew Riccard's will includes a statement of his real and personal estate as of July 24th, 1627, including assets at Aleppo

-- "Att Alleppo in the custody of An [or Jn.] Bull/Ball my ffactor about 2600d [or less likely 26000] [OR "2 Good"][ Lyon Dollars (?)
Proved of Cloth Tyn yds - 6000/.
In 73 barrells [?] of Tynn and 200 Broad Clothes pd for and Ready to Shipp for Aleppo cost 1000 [or 2000? or 4000?]"

See Walter Bludworth will

- " I Walter Bludworth Merchant in Aleppo and now by Gods blessing intend for Jerusalem the One and Twenty day of Ffebruary in the year of the Lord 1674/5 I doe make and ordeine this my Will and Testament"

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Suggested image sources

Dapper, Olfert, 'Aleppo Een Vermaerde Stadt in Syrien' in Olfert Dapper, Naukeurige beschryving van gantsch Syrie, en Palestyn of Heilige Lant...(Amsterdam, 1677)
- The book contains "fine views of Damascus, Tripoli, Aleppo, Jaffa, Rama, the Temple of Solomon, and a birds-eye view of Jerusalem"

Davis, Ralph , Map, Aleppo and Devonshire Square: English Traders in the Levant in the 18th Century (London, 1967), p. ?

de Nicolay, Nicholas, The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie (London, 1585)
- Translated from the French by T. Washington the younger. Edited by John (i.e. Hans) Stell. London: Thomas Dawson, 1585
- "The 60 woodcuts in the present edition were copied from the Antwerp versions, possibly by a Dutchman called Charles Tressell. The monogram CT appears in at least two cuts.
- The explicit woodcut of "a Religius Turke" facing p. 102, is often found mutilated, but remains intact in this copy.
- Other woodcuts include the earliest depictions of inhabitants of Algiers, Tripoli, Turkey, Greece, Persia and Armenia. Jewish occupational costumes are represented by a physician, a Jewess and a merchant."

Russell, Alexander, The Natural History of Aleppo, 1st edn. (London, 1656)
- Plate XIV, facing page 95: 'Five seated musicians'
- Plate XV, facing page 100: 'Three seated men with standing male servant'
- Plate XVI, facing page 131: 'Reclining woman and standing female servant'

Russell, Alexander, The Natural History of Aleppo, vol. 1, 2nd edn. (London, 1794)
- Plate 1, betw. pp. 12 & 13; 'Plan of Aleppo',
- This plate is not included in the 1756 edition

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Suggested primary sources

Lincolnshire Archives

John Nelthorpe, the cousin of Francis Nelthorpe, a correspondent of Sir George Oxenden, and the nephew of Sir John Nelthorpe, bart., another correspondent of Sir George Oxenden

LINCOLNSHIRE ARCHIVES: NELTHORPE: Nelthorpe [NEL I - NEL V] : Copy of a will. NEL IV/21/3 12th February, 1693

- Contents: Testator: John Nelthorpe, merchant of Aleppo.
- Beneficiaries: His father Sir Goddard £40 for a ring and mourning.
Mother, Lady Dorothy, £40 for a ring and mourning. Henry Nelthorpe, his eldest brother - £40 for a ring and mourning.
Revd. Mr. William Hallifax, minister at Aleppo 50 Lyon dollars. William Harvey, a friend - a ring of 20 shillings. Dr. John Pickerne, 50 Lyon dollars. Signor J. G. Transfeldt, 100 Lyon dollars. Monsieur Bigand, a ring. Abdallor, his warehousekeeper 50 dollars. To his boy Michael, 50 dollars. To the Poor - 50 dollars. Mr. Alexander Akehurst, to be assignee and to take books papers and all else and send them to his brothers Edward and Richard Nelthorpe, his executors. Edward Nelthorpe his brother - 2/3 of his estate. Richard Nelthorpe his brother - the other third. Alex. Akehurst - horses, furniture, books, arms, wearing apparel and half the furniture of chambers and country house. George Juxon his partner - his share of partnership and the other half of his furniture of chambers and country house. Mr. Hallifax to manage affairs over the will in Aleppo and the Bishop of London in England. Will dated Probate, 1697

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Suggested secondary sources

Van der Aa, Pieter, L. Rouwolfs Land-Reyse, gedaan van Aleppo, door Babylonien, Syrien en Palestina (?Leiden, 1707)

Abbot, Henry, A journal, with occasional remarks, made on a trip from Aleppo to Bussora across the Grand Desart [sic] of Arabia (Calcutta, 1789)
- No Internet Archive copy
- The journey was made in 1784

Buckingham, James Silk, Travels in Mesopotamia: Including a Journey from Aleppo to Bagdad, vols. 1-2 (London, 1827)
- Internet Archive copies of both volumes are available, but poor reproductions, and maps are not opened correctly
- Vol. 1 starts with a description of the camel and horse train the writer, James Buckingham, joined at Aleppo, including the dress and armaments of the merchants

Green, John, A journey from Aleppo to Damascus (London, 1736)
- No Internet Archive copy available
- "with a description of those two capital cities, and the neighbouring parts of Syria. To which is added, an account of the Maronites inhabiting Mount Libanus, ... Also the surprising adventures and tragical end of Mostafa, a Turk, ... The whole illustrated with notes and a map." (Open Library description)

Masters, Bruce Alan, The merchants of Aleppo (1630-1730): the commercial and financial life of an Ottoman Arab city, Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1982
- No Internet Archive copy (Open Library description)

Maundrell, Henry, A journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, at Easter, A.D. 1697 (London, 1823)
- No illustrations, no maps, but some descriptions of Turkish countryside and houses

Moore, Patricia, An Aleppo merchant's letters (Edmond Sherman) (?Glamorgan, 1972)
- "Reprinted from Glamorgan historian, vol. 8, 1972" (Open Library description)
- No Internet Archive copy

Paton, Andrew Archibald , Die heutigen Syrier oder gesellige und politische Zustände der Eingeborenen in Damaskus, Aleppo (Stuttgart und Tübingen, 1845)
- Internet Archive copy
- Note that this digital copy has been made by Google, who have missed out the correct title page

Robson, Charles, Nevves from Aleppo: a letter written to T.V.B. of D. vicar of Cockfield in Southsex
by Charles Robson Master of Artes, fellow of Qu: Col: in Oxford, and preacher to the Company of our English Merchants at Aleppo ; containing many remarkeable occurrences obserued by him in his iourney thither (öondon, 1828)
- No Internet Archive copy (see Open Library description)

Russell, Alexander, The Natural History of Aleppo, 1st edn. (London, 1756)
- Internet Archive copy
- Second, enlarged, edition was 1796

Tyron, Richard, Travels from Aleppo to the city of Jerusalem, and through the most remarkable parts of the Holy Land, in 1776 (London, 1800)

- No Internet Archive copy (Open Library description)