Author
MuḤAMMAD ibn Aḥmad ibn Iyyās. Auteur du texte
Publication Date
1609
Type
Other
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Pompeu Fabra University Library
Record ID
cdi_europeana_collections_9200519_ark_12148_btv1b11002359t
Library Location
Available Online
Date
1609
Sample Text
الازهار فى عجائب الاقطار Scanning from a substitute document. In this cosmography, the author first speaks of cities, countries, seas and islands, rivers and especially the Nile, remarkable springs (عيون), wells (بير) and mountains. There follows a notice on the pyramids, another on the Coptic festivals, then some observations on the Coptic calendar and on the names of the months among the Arabs, the Copts and the Persians. The author completed his work in 922 A.H. (1516 A.D.). (See, on this work, a notice by Langlès, in volume VIII of Notices and Extracts.) Ms. dated from the year 1018 AH (1609 A.D.). Scanning from a substitute document. Scanned from a substitute document. In this cosmography, the author first speaks of cities, countries, seas and islands, rivers and especially the Nile, remarkable springs (عيون), wells (بير) and mountains. There follows a notice on the pyramids, another on the Coptic festivals, then some observations on the Coptic calendar and on the names of the months among the Arabs, the Copts and the Persians. The author completed his work in 922 A.H. (1516 A.D.). (See, on this work, a notice by Langlès, in volume VIII of Notices and Extracts.) Ms. dated from the year 1018 AH (1609 A.D.).
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