We continued our route among the ruined houses of Muna, passed the short
columns, at which the pilgrims throw stones, then the Sherifs palace,
and issued into the open country, which continues thence towards
Mezdelife, distant three hours and three quarters from Mekka. This name
is given to a small mosque, now almost in ruins, close to which is a
tank or reservoir of water. Here a sermon is preached from a high
platform in front of the mosque, to the pilgrims after their return from
Arafat. El Fasy, the historian, says that this mosque was built in A.H.
759. It is often called Moshár el Haram; but, according to the same
author, this name belongs to a small hill at the