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![The looming mud-brick towers of Al Hajirah, some as many as ten stories high, rise from the valley, just as Ma Huan described.](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/13df38c6-3871-11e0-9ef1-976147064d40/9169100222_xgaplus.jpg)
![Wedding revelers in Al Hajirah dance while brandishing their jambiya, the ceremonial daggers worn by most Yemeni men.](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/ff81beb2-3870-11e0-ad77-93ee6a09c796/9169100223_xgaplus.jpg)
Wedding revelers in Al Hajirah dance while brandishing their jambiya, the ceremonial daggers worn by most Yemeni men.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita. No usage authorized without prior written permission.
Photo size: 16.3 Mpixels (46.7 MB uncompressed) - 4950x3300 pixels (16.5x11 in / 41.9x27.9 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Al Hajirah, daggers, jambiya, page 402-403, Silk Road, Yemen, Yemeni men, Zheng He book
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