The mosque, where is the sacred camel, at the end of the Maydan, contains the tomb of Shaykh Saad el Din, Jebbawi, of Jebbah village, founder of Saadiyeh Dervishes. The camel is led up to the window, and the Shaykh in charge of the mosque has the special privilege of giving it balls of kneaded dough, almonds, and sugar. Sometimes it eats all, and sometimes drops all, but the crowd eagerly scramble for the sacred crumbs.
Ross Burns. Damascus, a History 2005.
Isabel Burton. The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine and the Holy Land I (P 65).
Karl Wulzinger & Carl Watzinger. Damaskus, die Islamische Stadt. Walter de Gruyter 1924 (photo credit).
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