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‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [24] (77/388)
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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Andalus is now in the bands of the <Wc! the
Ommiades*; and the Ahhassians, the Abbassides, have
not yet snatched it from them ; nor has Abdullah yet obtained the
superiority over them. At the time that the glory of the Beni
Ommiah was declining, one of that family, who was at a I j T
Abilah, passed over to the oyJezireh Jlbel-ta-
rek, Gibraltar, and subdued Andalus, which still remains in the
possession of the Ommiah race.
These are the most remarkable cities of Andalus
Toleitlah, Sedounah, oC^jU Lurdah,
JFadi al hejareh, Barklialah, Bournuh
Hesan, oOjU Mardah, Maliou, Oiilc Ghafek, a J o J
Leilah, Fermouiuh (or Kannouiah),
Alourouduh, f Aselnliah. These are all considerable towns,
and for the greater part their buildings are of stone.
Behaneh is situated in the vicinity of deserts. Siring
on the coast of the ocean : there ambergris is found, but not in
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any place on the Mediterranean Sea. The author of this book
says, " At the time when I was in Syria, on the coast of the
The Ommiades retained their empire in Spain long after they had ceased to
govern the other regions of Islam; where the Abbassides began to reign A. H. 132,
(A. D. 748.) The Ommiades possessed Spain until the year of the Hegira 424,
(A. D. 1032.)—^ Shonah in D'H erbelot, Art. Ommiah.
f trlT* Sometimes written Nesn'n and Basn'v.
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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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- 306.37.C.18
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- ‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’
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- 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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