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‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [13] (66/388)
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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OfBajeh, and Abyssinia, and Nubia.
F rom Kolzum, on the west of the sea (the Red Sea), the
dry deserts stretch very far, to the land of Bajeh. The in
habitants of Bajeh are blacker than the Abbyssinians, like the
Arabs*; and they have not either cities, villages, nor cultivated
land— nothing but what they bring from Yemen, Ahbyssinia,
Egypt, or the land of the Greeks
This country (BajehJ is situated between Habesh,
Abbyssinia, the land of Nubia, and Egypt. In it are gold
mines, which extend from near the borders of Egypt to a certain
castle on the sea-coast, which they call ^zjij^zAssatf ; a distance of
about ten merhileh. Among these mines is a place called
Miami, situated on a level ground. There are not in any quarter
of the world such gold mines as these. In Bajeh they worship
idols, or any thing that seems pleasing to their eyes. Those who
immediately border on the land of Abbyssinia are Christians, and
of the same complexion as Arabians.
* Probably it should have been " Blacker than the Arabs, and like the Abbys
sinians."
t This word is so equivocally written in the MSS. that it may be As sab, &c.
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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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