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Fig. 47. Edessa (Urfa), Pool of Abraham (Birket Ibrahim), with sacred fish. According to legend, the pool is the site where Abraham landed when Nimrod threw him down from the top of the citadel. From Brock and Taylor, Hidden Pearl vol. 2, 51 (Photo: Riccardo Grassetti). See entry: Edessa.