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BURJ ES SE;bA at TRIPOLI, A RELIC OF ANTIQUITY DOOMLD TO DESTRUCTION, TO MAKEj 

 WAY FOR THE "iRON ROAd" (sEE TEXT, PAGE 75) 



This fort was probably built about the year looo A. D. by the garrison which owed 

 allegiance to the Fatimite caliphs of Egypt, who treated the city with great favor and made 

 it the headquarters of a trading fleet. Local tradition ifpakes the builder Richard Cceur de 

 Lion, but the Arabian style of architecture proves that'it was not built by any of the Cru- 

 saders. Its Arabic name^ Tower of the Lion, probably accounts for the tradition regarding 

 Richard the Lion-hearted. 



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