The looming mud-brick towers of Al Hajirah, some as many as ten stories high, rise from the valley, just as Ma Huan described.

Author: Michael Yamashita

©Michael Yamashita

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Photo keywords: Al Hajirah, filming of Zheng He, Middle east, page 400-401, Silk Road, Yemen, Zheng He book, Zheng He Movie