FIGURE LEGENDS

Figure	Description	Page
1.	Map of the Middle East showing the location of the West Bank	3
2.	Typical traditional Islamic city	18
3.	The transformation process of a Hellenistic thoroughfare into a medieval Islamic souq	21
4.	The different forms of the souq's main routes in relation to the Friday Mosque	32
5.	The typical arrangement of goods in the soug	45
6.	Patterns of sougs' layout	50
7.	Clustering of shops for a typical network of souqs, Tunisia	51
8.	Rooftops of a souq, Isfahan	55
9.	Openings for light	57
10.	Main movement in Isfahan	68
11.	Plan of the Bazaar of Isfahan	69
12.	Aerial view of Isfahan showing the Friday Mosque and the roof of the bazaar	71
13.	Plan of the Qaysariyya of the Bazaar of Isfahan	73
14.	Section through the Bazaar of Isfahan	74
15.	The Bazaar of Isfahan	76
16.	The Friday Mosque and Maidan-i-Qadim, Isfahan	77
17.	Main Bazaar route and the Qaysariyya, Isfahan	78
18.	Maidan-i-Shah and the Shah Mosque, Isfahan	79
19.	Plan of Aleppo in Byzantine times	82
20.	A schematic illustration of the process of transforming the colonnaded avenue of antiquity into the souq of medieval Islam, Aleppo	82
21.	Souqs of Aleppo	83
22.	Shops in the souqs of Aleppo	85
23.	An elevation of souq Khan al-Jumrok showing the shops and windows of the qaysariyya, Aleppo	86
24.	Historical changes in buildings, Aleppo	87
25.	Major communal institutions within the souq area, Aleppo	88
26.	Concentration of trades and crafts in the souqs of Aleppo	90
27.	Map shows the location of Nablus	94
28.	West Bank altitudes, towns, new settlements	95
29.	The vale of Nablus 1865	97
30.	Nablus in 1882, looking east Gerizim on the right and Ebal on the left	98
31.	The boundaries of the modern Nablus, 1987	100
32.	The oldest existing map of "Neapolis". The sixth-century mosaic found at Madeba, Jordan in 1897	103
33.	Map showing the different centers of the city of Nablus	104
34.	Public buildings in the old city of Nablus	107
35.	Map shows the location of gates and springs in the old city of Nablus	108
36.	Khan at-Tujjar, Nablus	110
37.	Glass dome at the middle of the souq, Nablus	110
38.	The center of the old city, Nablus	112
39.	The qanater near the intersection points in the western part of the souq, Nablus	114
40.	A secondary route in the Souq of Nablus	115
41.	Types of qanater in the Souq of Nablus	117
42.	Other kinds of landmarks. (a) flying buttress, (b) mashrabiyya	119
43.	The Souq of Nablus defined by the minarets of mosques	120
44.	Wakala al-Farroukhiyya, Nablus 1925	123
45.	Functional grouping of merchandise in the Souq of Nablus	125
46.	Distribution of trades in the Souq of Nablus	126
47.	A diagram showing the size of each group of pedestrians in the Souq of Nablus	130
48.	The old city of Nablus: an island of low-rise buildings. A view looking north	133
49.	A blocked entrance used for display, Nablus	137
50.	Features of Islamic souqs in Nablus	139
51.	A collapsed structure located beside the main route of the Souq of Nablus	149
52.	Current condition of some important institutions in the souq area, Nablus	152
53.	Wakala al-Farroukhiyya, Nablus 1987	154
54.	A sketch showing the anticipated change in the Souq of Nablus	158

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