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Jeddah, on the Red Sea, 1858. 'Jeddah, Djidda, or Jidda, is a port and city of Arabia, in El-Hedjaz, being the port of Mecca, and one of the chief entrepots for foreign commerce in the peninsulaIt is one of the holy places of Mahometanism, and its sanctity is increased by the neighbourhood of the reputed tomb of EveCorn, rice, butter, sugar, tobacco, oil, clothing, &c., are imported in very large quantities from Egypt, the Abyssinian coast, andeven from Persia and India. Jeddah depends, therefore, for its existence upon its trade, which is very extensive, and wholly of the transit kind. From the interior dates and the celebrated balm of Mecca are brought for shipment westward; musk, civet, and incense are procured from Abyssinia; muslins, cloths, cambrics, teak timber, cocoanuts, cocoanut oil, pepper, ginger, turmeric, shawls, tissue, &c., are brought from India; the Malay Islands send spices and young girls for sale at the Mecca marketA trade in slaves is carried on with the Mozambique coast; and altogether it is calculated that the port of Jeddah employs 250 vessels, great and small'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858. Creator: Richard Principal Leitch. Consigue fotografías de noticias de alta resolución y gran calidad en getty