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‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [32] (85/388)
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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person will be affected by a trembling of his body* ; when dead,
this fish resembles other fishes. Tlie crocodile s liCtid is very long,
so long as to be one halt of his whole form, and he has such
teeth, that, if a lion were to come within their hold, he would be
destroyed. It sometimes happens that the crocodile comes out of
the water on the dry ground; but he has not then the same powers
as when in the water. His skin is so hard that it resists the blows
of all weapons when stricken on the back: they therefore wound
him where the fore legs join the body (literally, under the arm
pitsJ, and between the thighs. The sekenJcour is a
species of that fish (the crocodile), but the crocodile has hands
and feet ; and they use the sekenkour in medicinal and culinary
preparations. This creature is not found any where but in the
river Nile.
From Asouan, along the banks of the Nile, as far lis
the sea, the country is all inhabited and cultivated. On the
southern side of the Nile there is a place called Saied,
where are mines of zeherjed*, and emeralds (OycJ zem-
rud) far in the desert; and beside these there are not any mines
of those precious stones. On the northern side of the river Nile,
* The original is very obscure: it may signify that the fish's body is affected by an
extraordinary tremulous motion while life remains,
t Chrysolite, kind of emerald, topaze, beryl, &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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- Public Domain