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‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [10] (25/388)
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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• •! , ! , ^;m.' *i.L _i :
x PREFACE.
t( inscription- The people report this to have heen in the
" Hamariah character, and that the gate was erected by the
" Tohha, the king of Yemen, (Arabia FelixJ ; that (the in~
<( scription signifiesJ " From Sanaa to Samarcand is a thousand
" farsang." This was written in the days of the 2 } ohha. Then,
" says he (Ebn Haukal), a riot or tumult having happened
" at Samarcand, during my stay there, the gate was burnt
" and the inscription destroyed. After that, Mohammed Lbn
" Logman Ebn Nasir Ebn Ahmed, the Samanian*, caused
" the gate to be rebuilt, but did not restore the inscription."
In page 254 of the following work, this passage will be
found with less variation from the original than Persian
translations generally exhibit: and as it leads to a curious
anecdote in Oriental history, an article of the Appendix is de
voted to its illustration.
The Author q/* f/ie Ajaieb al Boldan fFifth Climatej also
quotes Ebn Haukal on this subject; and he seems to have
* For some account of the Samanian dynasty, see the Appendix No. IP.
■ \
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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’
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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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- Public Domain