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‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [21] (74/388)
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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in which are cities, villages, and deserts on the borders of jj^j
Berber, Barbary. The capital of this country is Fas, Fez,
in which resides ^3^1/ la Id a the Fat emit e ; for
a . U 1c X xc Ahdallah the Fatemite has not yet conquered
that placed
Bakour, and Jezireh Beni Rehehi, which we have before men
tioned, and about ten other towns in the vicinity of Tahouth y
are considerable. Tahouth is the chief: it is a large
town, well inhabited and supplied. The inhabitants practise
agriculture they have been conquered by a people called
Basna*.
Sejelmasah is a town of middling size, belonging
to the territories of Fahouth. One cannot enter Sejelmasah but
by the way of the desert, which the sand renders difficult. This
town is situated near the gold mines, between them and the land
of the Blacks, and the land of Zouilah. These mines are said
to be of the most pure and excellent gold; but it is difficult to.
work them, and the way to them is dangerous and troublesome.
They say that the district of Tahouth is reckoned as belonging to.
Africa..
* The Fatemite Dynasty commenced in the year of the Hegira 296, (A. D. 908,)
and lasted 1 7 2 years.— D'H erbelot, Art. Fathemiah*
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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
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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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