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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 566438, member: 111&quot;]Became fascinated by the Marsh Arabs, their history and recent troubles, when I bought a lot of spoons years ago, one kept for my collection, the rest sold to an Iraqi gentleman living here.&nbsp; This is an excerpt from C.J. Edmond&#039;s &#039;East and West of Zagros&#039;, recounting a 1916 journey through the &#039;Great Swamp&#039; and describing the Mandaean (Subbi) Marsh Arabs as boat builders and silversmiths (the Mandaeans were and are known as goldsmiths, a centuries-old tradition):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]172533[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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