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‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [67] (120/388)
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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♦ ( 67 )
Shemasiah, a distance of nearly five farsang. The eastern side
they call Ai^ *LlaJI Bah al Tank Resafeh, and also
Asker al Mohdi. It is said that the name Bah
al Tank is derived from a certain great dome, or cupola, in the
principal bazar or market-place, called Souk al
Azim.
Resafeh is a considerable suburb, built by Rashid, near
the Mesjed Jamia: the western side is called
Korkh. Here are three mosques; one, the Mesjed Jamia al
Mansour; another, situated at the Bab al Tauk; and the other, at
the j\C> Bar al Khalifah, or palace of the Khalif: and
the buildings continue as far as Kelwazi, where there
is a mosque. Over the river Dejleh a bridge has been constructed
of boats; and from the gate of Khorasan, to
the place called alia Sertheh, the breadth of
the city at both sides is about six miles.
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Korkh is very well inhabited, and considerable commerce is
there carried on but the trees and streams are on the eastei n side.
The water they drink is of the river Nehrwan. On the
western side there is a stream, called the JSehr Isa,
or the river of Jesus—a branch of the Forat, which, passing by
Baghdad, falls into the Dejleh.
Between Baghdad and a S jS Cufa there are many districts and
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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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- 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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