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The Appointment in Samarra

The Appointment in Samarra. Absolute Location : 34°N, 43°E Relative Location : ◄ Sixty miles northwest of Baghdad ◄ Middle East (Southwest Asia). Land of unique buildings that baffle historians. Could this be the tower of babel from the Bible?. Told from Death’s point of view

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The Appointment in Samarra

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  1. The Appointment in Samarra

  2. Absolute Location : 34°N, 43°E Relative Location : ◄Sixty miles northwest of Baghdad ◄Middle East (Southwest Asia)

  3. Land of unique buildings that baffle historians. Could this be the tower of babel from the Bible?

  4. Told from Death’s point of view There was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions. In a little while the servant came back, white and trembling. He said, “Master, just now when I was in the marketplace, I was jostled by a woman in the crowd. When I turned, I saw it was Death that jostled me.” 

  5. She looked at me and made a threatening gesture. Now, lend me your horse, and I will ride away from this city and avoid my fate.  I will go to Samarra and there… Death will not find me.” 

  6. The merchant lent him his horse, and the servant mounted it, and he dug his spurs in its flanks and as fast as the horse could gallop, he went. 

  7. Then the merchant went down to the marketplace. He saw me standing in the crowd. He came to me and said, “Why did you make a threatening gesture to my servant when you saw him this morning?” 

  8. “That was not a threatening gesture,” I said. “It was only a start of surprise.  I was astonished to see him in Bagdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.”

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