1918- Al-Ghiraf on the bank of the Queiq River, Aleppo 1918

Title: Al-Ghiraf on the bank of the Queiq River, Aleppo 1918

Description: Al-Asadi’s Comparative Encyclopedia of Aleppo stated that the gharāf: based on an effective weight of scooping water, and they used the gharāf for the wheel, driven by one or more animals, scooping water from

The low ground and raises it to the high ground. If the gharf is large and rotates with the force of water pouring on it, it is called: the waterwheel.

As for what water comes out of the gharf, it is the hopper, meaning the vessel, and the plural is hoppers. As for the border strait from the river bank, in the place of the gharf or waterwheel, it is the jul.

Al-Ghazi mentioned many gharafaat in his book River of Gold in the History of Aleppo, such as the area of ​​Al-Mashhad, Al-Fayd, Bab Antakyya, Al-Kitab, and Al-Midan.

Date: 1918

Location: Al Kittab, Aleppo

Source: Aleppo Photographic Museum

Keywords: Queiq, Aleppo, Kittab, 1918, Ghiraf