Note 353 — TALE OF ATTAF.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
“Kubbat al-’Asáfír,” now represented by the “Khan al-Asáfír,” on the road from Damascus to Palmyra, about four hours’ ride from and to the N. East of the Báb Túmá or N. Eastern gate. The name is found in Baedeker (p. 541). In the C. MS. it becomes the “Thaníyyat al-’Ukáb” = the Vulture’s Pass.