Image Gallery of Dār al-Teleghrāf (Telegraph Office), Daraj / Barjiliyya, Gaza

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The post and telegraph office was built by the Ottoman government in the late 19th century and it was referred to locally as "the post office", al-Būsṭa. Gatt's map of 1888 refers to it as "Telegraph Building", Dār al-Teleghrāf. The building was demolished in the 1960s. It is commemorated by the street name "Post Office Street", Shāriʿ al-Būsta.
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Telegraph and Post Office of Gaza in the late Ottoman period / Gazze Telegrafhanesi / Dār al-Teleghrāf.