‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [‎27] (80/388)

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^ le town call e( | dalus, the most numerous are the l J o ^ Franks. Their king is
5V (jOvc jfg. called ojU Far ah*. The Jalekians, though a considerable people,
are not so numerous as these. The smallest tribe of all these Infidels
are those whom they call Askounes; but they are said
:o Wn of wto to be one of the most brave and manly. There is a race also called
Aj lis ekes, a tribe of veiy bad people, who live between
Askounes and Frank.
1 were in the
^ Jdekians,
15 a flourishing
CR]led
, Of the Berbers, who inhabit Andalus and Magreb (Spain
18 been mined . ^
and Africa), there are two kinds; one called Berber, the other
Beranes. Feikerah, and a JUJ^ c Mekianah, and
Houadah, and a J^ jc X c Mediounah, are of the Berbers in
Andalus; and <3ucU/ Kenamah, and Rehaiah, and
Masmoudah, and Ai>Jsj Bilhilah, and Tehiahiah, are
of the Beranes. The Rebaiah dwell in the districts of Ta-
houth ; and the Kenamah in the vicinity of v Shateif. In
Andalus are several mines of gold and silver. In the district of
, oJ> Hem/if Sarrah and Marsafah, near Cortubah, there is
. There is a a place called Koules. Here, and at Tolitelah,
bich they call are many sables or martins
sides in a dtj ^ :
Mussulmans. Zouialahf is a place which abounds in black slaves;
but the inhabitants are of a brown complexion, though at a dis
order on A b -
)ramiah sove-
their name.
* Or Kara/?.
t Here feems a fudden transition [not unfrequent in Oriental writings) from Spain to
principsi n 1 r Africa.—This place is, probably, the Zoulleh before mentioned.
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