In the following I am sending a few notes on the German survey
of Damascus. The copy I am sending, from which the accompanying
plan is taken, was torn down on the last day of the German
occupation, from the wall of a German official’s room, and with his
permission. Those who knew Damascus before the war will recognize that great alterations have taken place … With these words James Hanauer begins his short article in which he reports on the changes in the urban fabric and built environment of Damascus during World War i when Ahmed Cemal Pasha (1872–1922), Ottoman Minister of the Navy, was stationed in Syria as governorgeneral and commander of the 4th Army. Cemal Pasha arrived in Syria in December 1914 and left in December 1917.
