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‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [19] (72/388)
The record is made up of 1 volume (327 pages). It was created in 1800. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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( 10 )
twelve days journey ; from Asijeh* to «! ul ) U Malaca,
near ten days journey; and from Malcicci to the Jezireh,
Aljezireh, of the ojf Mount-Tarek (Gibraltar), four days
journey; from Cortubah to iwU Melisah, twelve days; from
Tarsousah to Melisah, twelve days journey.
fHere is a sudden transition to the African coast, not mark
ed in the original Manuscript by any Division, or Head of a
new Section,)
tSy Barkah is a town of a middling size, neither great nor
small, with an improved and well-inhabited neighbourhood, all
about which, on every side, is the desert wherein the ^ I j ^ j
Barbarians reside. A Collector of Revenues, or Tax-gatherer,
used to come here annually from Egypt, until the time that
Abdallah assumed the government of the West.
Trabolis belongs to the region of 1 Africa. It
is a town built of stone, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea,
and a very strong place.
AjOy* Mahadiahis a small town, which was built by Abdallah
t
* Probably for Aseb'dlah, as the name of Seville is sometimes written.
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The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century , translated from the author’s own manuscript, and collated with one preserved at the Library of Eton College by Sir William Ouseley.
Publication details: Printed at the Oriental Press by Wilson & Co., Wild-Court, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, for T Cadell Junior and W Davies, Strand, London, 1800.
Physical description: One volume, initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xxxvi), 327 pages, fold-out map.
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- 1 volume (327 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. There is an alphabetic index at the back of the volume.
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Dimensions: 280mm x 220mm.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- 306.37.C.18
- Title
- ‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:38, 1:328, v-r:vii-v, back-i
- Author
- Ouseley, Sir William
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- Public Domain