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‘The Oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century’ [299] (352/388)
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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APPENDIX, No. III.
299
The ancient tradition, here recorded, is unknown to most of
the modern Persian writers, or, at least, unnoticed by them *.
Emir Rauzi, however, in his excellent geographical compilation,
the Heft Aklim, or Seven Climates, informs us that
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" a person named Shamar who was of the family of the Tohha,
« or sovereigns of Yemen, destroyed that city, so that no vestige
" remained of its (principal) building, (a castle of immense extent,
" and said to have been erected by Gurshasp, and repaired, at
« different times, by Lohorasp and Alexander the Great). After
" that it acquired the name of Shamarkand (with the letter J)
" which the Arabs, according to their idiom, call Samarcand,
" with js)."
The same account is given in the JJaih al holdan and other
manuscripts, which agree in assigning to this city the highest
degree of antiquity. If the tradition preserved by Tabari is
founded in historical fact, we may suppose the gate on which the
* I must also acknowledge that in one copy of T abari, in my possession, it is not
found: but the other two preserve it. trom the more ancient of these, transcribed
A, D. 1446, this extract has been given.
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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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- ‘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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