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‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [46] (99/388)
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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stone. The inhabitants are valiant men, horsemen, and fond of war
like achievements. It is a strong and pleasant place. From it to the
borders of Roum are many hills and mountains of difficult ascent.
They say that in Tarsous there are above a thousand horsemen;
and in all the chief cities of Islam, such as Seiestan, and Kirman,
and Tars, and Khuzistan, and Irak, and Hejaz, and Egypt, there
are inns, or public places, appointed for the people of this town.
Awlas is a fortress situated on the sea-shore: the inha
bitants are a people who worship God* ; and it is the ex
treme boundary of the Mussulman territories on the coast of the
Sea of Roum. Rekem is a town situated near IXU Bilka:
all the walls and houses are of stone, in such a manner that one
would imagine they were all of one piece.
The land of the tribe of Lot is called
Aredz Almokloubah ; that is, the land turned upside-down.
Neither corn, nor herbage, nor cattle, are found here: the ground
is black; and stones are seen scattered about, which one would
imagine to be the stones showered down on that wicked racef.
t See Koran, chapter of Hejry (so called from a district in the province
of Hejaz.)
3^? ^ y -o U I4JU U) jus' ^
« Wherefore a terrible storm from Heaven assailed them'at sun-rise, and we turned
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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