Safed
one of the four holy cities of the modern Jews in Palestine; in horseshoe shape round a hill 2,700 feet above the Mediterranean; 6 miles N. W. of the Sea of Galilee. Here dwell about 15,000 Jews, Moslems, and Christians. The town was overthrown by earthquakes in 1759 and 1837. A castle of the Christians, built during the Crusades, was destroyed by the Sultan of Damascus in 1220, and, having been rebuilt by the Templars, was again taken and destroyed by Beybars of Egypt in 1266. The Jewish colony has been settled here since the 16th century, and embraces many immigrants from Poland. mountain range in Afghanistan. The W. SAFED KoH (White Mountains), a SAFED KOH (White Mountains), a portion of the chain separates the Herat river valley from the Murghab, while the E. Safed Koh forms the S. boundary of the Kabul basin. These mountains the E. Safed Koh forms the S. boundary river valley from the Murghab, while portion of the chain separates the Herat are quite alpine in their character, and some of the peaks exceed 15,000 feet in height. Among the spurs of the E. sec- some of the peaks exceed 15,000 feet in are quite alpine in their character, and tion are the passes leading from Kabul to Jalalabad, and from Jalalabad to tion are the passes leading from Kabul military expeditions into Afghanistan.