Kitab al-Istibsar - Revision history

Seignobos at 18:43, 25 February 2015

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	''MS: Paris, Bibl.Nat., MS ar. 2225''		''MS: Paris, Bibl.Nat., MS ar. 2225''

	''Ed.: A. de Kremer, Wien 1852.''		''Ed.: A. de Kremer, Wien 1852.''

	''Exc.: MC 905 ss.''		''Exc.: MC 905 ss.''

	''T.: MC A: 1''		''T.: MC A: 1''
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	The town of Aswān. It is the last town of Miṣr, because it is a frontier-post (''thaghr'') on the frontier of the Nūba, who are infidels. Were there neither mountains '''[p. 306]''' nor steep escarpments to separate Egypt from the Nūba, the latter would doubtlessly have pillaged Egypt. The Nile rushes so precipitously through rocks and slopes from the Nūba country [to Egypt] that no boat can sail in this place. (MC 908: fol. 37r, 38r).		The town of Aswān. It is the last town of Miṣr, because it is a frontier-post (''thaghr'') on the frontier of the Nūba, who are infidels. Were there neither mountains '''[p. 306]''' nor steep escarpments to separate Egypt from the Nūba, the latter would doubtlessly have pillaged Egypt. The Nile rushes so precipitously through rocks and slopes from the Nūba country [to Egypt] that no boat can sail in this place. (MC 908: fol. 37r, 38r).

	Leaving Kawkaw alongside the bank of the river ["Nile of the Sūdān], downstream, one arrives in a country called Damdam. The inhabitants devour all Whites who fall in their hands. This is a very large country. There is a great fortress where an idol, in the likeness of a woman (''~~sanam~~ fī ṣūrat imra'a'') is kept. They worship it and go on pilgrimage to it. (MC 915v: f. 89v).		Leaving Kawkaw alongside the bank of the river ["Nile of the Sūdān], downstream, one arrives in a country called Damdam. The inhabitants devour all Whites who fall in their hands. This is a very large country. There is a great fortress where an idol, in the likeness of a woman (''ṣanam fī ṣūrat imra'a'') is kept. They worship it and go on pilgrimage to it. (MC 915v: f. 89v).


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Adam Simmons at 15:29, 22 February 2015

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	It is commonly said that this plain, which stretches between Qos and ~~Aswan~~, consists of gold mines, but the Beja (''Bujāh''), a branch of the ''Ḥabasha'', make it inaccessible. The country of this people stretches between the Red Sea (''Qulzum'') and the Nile of Egypt. A colony of Arabs of the ~~Rabi~~'a tribe settled among them: They live there to work in the mines. This territory borders on the mine of the precious emerald, which is, at the moment the only one of its kind. It lies in a place called "''al-Kharba''", in a desert and mountainous region, guarded by the Beja. Those who wish to exploit the mine must pay a royalty (''khufārah'') to them. The distance between this place and the Nile is a 20 days' Journey.		It is commonly said that this plain, which stretches between Qos and Aswān, consists of gold mines, but the Beja (''Bujāh''), a branch of the ''Ḥabasha'', make it inaccessible. The country of this people stretches between the Red Sea (''Qulzum'') and the Nile of Egypt. A colony of Arabs of the Rabī'a tribe settled among them: They live there to work in the mines. This territory borders on the mine of the precious emerald, which is, at the moment the only one of its kind. It lies in a place called "''al-Kharba''", in a desert and mountainous region, guarded by the Beja. Those who wish to exploit the mine must pay a royalty (''khufārah'') to them. The distance between this place and the Nile is a 20 days' Journey.

	The town of ~~Aswan~~. It is the last town of Miṣr, because it is a frontier-post (''thaghr'') on the frontier of the Nūba, who are infidels. Were there neither mountains '''[p. 306]''' nor steep escarpments to separate Egypt from the Nūba, the latter would doubtlessly have pillaged Egypt. The Nile rushes so precipitously through rocks and slopes from the Nūba country (to Egypt) that no boat can sail in this place. (MC 908: fol. 37r, 38r).		The town of Aswān. It is the last town of Miṣr, because it is a frontier-post (''thaghr'') on the frontier of the Nūba, who are infidels. Were there neither mountains '''[p. 306]''' nor steep escarpments to separate Egypt from the Nūba, the latter would doubtlessly have pillaged Egypt. The Nile rushes so precipitously through rocks and slopes from the Nūba country [to Egypt] that no boat can sail in this place. (MC 908: fol. 37r, 38r).

	Leaving Kawkaw alongside the bank of the river ["Nile of the Sūdān], downstream, one arrives in a country called Damdam. The inhabitants devour all Whites who fall in their hands. This is a very large country. There is a great fortress where an idol, in the likeness of a woman (''sanam fī ṣūrat imra'a'') is kept. They worship it and go on pilgrimage to it. (MC 915v: f. 89v).		Leaving Kawkaw alongside the bank of the river ["Nile of the Sūdān], downstream, one arrives in a country called Damdam. The inhabitants devour all Whites who fall in their hands. This is a very large country. There is a great fortress where an idol, in the likeness of a woman (''sanam fī ṣūrat imra'a'') is kept. They worship it and go on pilgrimage to it. (MC 915v: f. 89v).

Adam Simmons at 19:15, 19 February 2015

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	ANONYMOUS KITĀB AL-ISTIBṢĀR		ANONYMOUS KITĀB AL-ISTIBṢĀR

	(about 1192 A.D.)		''(about 1192 A.D.)''

	''K. al-istibṣār fī ‘ajā’ib al-amṣār (a treatise on geography closely following Al-~~Bakri~~).		''K. al-istibṣār fī ‘ajā’ib al-amṣār (a treatise on geography closely following Al-Bakrī).''

	MS: Paris, Bibl.Nat., MS ar. 2225		''MS: Paris, Bibl.Nat., MS ar. 2225''
	Ed.: A. de Kremer, Wien 1852.
	Exc.: MC 905 ss.		''Ed.: A. de Kremer, Wien 1852.''

			''Exc.: MC 905 ss.''

			''T.: MC A: 1''

	~~T.: MC A: 1''~~

	It is commonly said that this plain, which stretches between Qos and Aswan, consists of gold mines, but the Beja (''Bujāh''), a branch of the ''Ḥabasha'', make it inaccessible. The country of this people stretches between the Red Sea (''Qulzum'') and the Nile of Egypt. A colony of Arabs of the Rabi'a tribe settled among them: They live there to work in the mines. This territory borders on the mine of the precious emerald, which is, at the moment the only one of its kind. It lies in a place called "''al-Kharba''", in a desert and mountainous region, guarded by the Beja. Those who wish to exploit the mine must pay a royalty (''khufārah'') to them. The distance between this place and the Nile is a 20 days' Journey.		It is commonly said that this plain, which stretches between Qos and Aswan, consists of gold mines, but the Beja (''Bujāh''), a branch of the ''Ḥabasha'', make it inaccessible. The country of this people stretches between the Red Sea (''Qulzum'') and the Nile of Egypt. A colony of Arabs of the Rabi'a tribe settled among them: They live there to work in the mines. This territory borders on the mine of the precious emerald, which is, at the moment the only one of its kind. It lies in a place called "''al-Kharba''", in a desert and mountainous region, guarded by the Beja. Those who wish to exploit the mine must pay a royalty (''khufārah'') to them. The distance between this place and the Nile is a 20 days' Journey.

Adam Simmons at 16:30, 9 February 2015

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	'''[p. 305-306]'''		'''[pp. 305-306]'''

	ANONYMOUS KITĀB AL-ISTIBṢĀR		ANONYMOUS KITĀB AL-ISTIBṢĀR

	about 1192 A.D.		(about 1192 A.D.)

	''K. al-istibṣār fī ‘ajā’ib al-amṣār (a treatise on geography closely following Al-Bakri).		''K. al-istibṣār fī ‘ajā’ib al-amṣār (a treatise on geography closely following Al-Bakri).

Seignobos at 17:26, 24 October 2014

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	ANONYMOUS ~~KITAB AL—ISTIBSAR (~~about 1192 A.D.)		'''[p. 305-306]'''

			ANONYMOUS KITĀB AL-ISTIBṢĀR

			about 1192 A.D.

	''K. al-istibṣār fī ‘ajā’ib al-amṣār (a treatise on geography closely following Al-Bakri).		''K. al-istibṣār fī ‘ajā’ib al-amṣār (a treatise on geography closely following Al-Bakri).

	MS: Paris, Bibl.Nat., MS ar. 2225		MS: Paris, Bibl.Nat., MS ar. 2225
	Ed.: A. de Kremer, Wien 1852.		Ed.: A. de Kremer, Wien 1852.
	Exc.: MC 905 ss.		Exc.: MC 905 ss.

	T.: MC A: 1''		T.: MC A: 1''

	It is commonly said that this plain, which stretches between Qos and Aswan, consists of gold mines, but the Beja (Bujāh), a branch of the Ḥabasha. make it inaccessible. The country of this people stretches between the Red Sea (Qulzum) and the Nile of Egypt. A colony of Arabs of the Rabi'a tribe settled among them: They live there to work in the mines. This territory borders on the mine of the precious emerald, which is, at the moment the only one of its kind. It lies in a place called "al-Kharba", in a desert and mountainous region, guarded by the Beja. Those who wish to exploit the mine must pay a royalty (khufārah) to them. The distance between this place and the Nile is a 20 days' Journey.		It is commonly said that this plain, which stretches between Qos and Aswan, consists of gold mines, but the Beja (''Bujāh''), a branch of the ''Ḥabasha'', make it inaccessible. The country of this people stretches between the Red Sea (''Qulzum'') and the Nile of Egypt. A colony of Arabs of the Rabi'a tribe settled among them: They live there to work in the mines. This territory borders on the mine of the precious emerald, which is, at the moment the only one of its kind. It lies in a place called "''al-Kharba''", in a desert and mountainous region, guarded by the Beja. Those who wish to exploit the mine must pay a royalty (''khufārah'') to them. The distance between this place and the Nile is a 20 days' Journey.

	The town of Aswan. It is the last town of Miṣr, because it is a frontier-post (thaghr) on the frontier of the Nūba, who are infidels. Were there neither mountains nor steep escarpments to separate Egypt from the Nūba, the latter would doubtlessly have pillaged Egypt. The Nile rushes so precipitously through rocks and slopes from the Nūba country (to Egypt) that no boat can sail in this place. (MC 908: fol. 37r, 38r).		The town of Aswan. It is the last town of Miṣr, because it is a frontier-post (''thaghr'') on the frontier of the Nūba, who are infidels. Were there neither mountains '''[p. 306]''' nor steep escarpments to separate Egypt from the Nūba, the latter would doubtlessly have pillaged Egypt. The Nile rushes so precipitously through rocks and slopes from the Nūba country (to Egypt) that no boat can sail in this place. (MC 908: fol. 37r, 38r).

	Leaving Kawkaw alongside the bank of the river ["Nile of the Sūdān], downstream, one arrives in a country called Damdam. The inhabitants devour all Whites who fall in their hands. This is a very large country. There is a great fortress where an idol, in the likeness of a woman (sanam fī ṣūrat imra'a) is kept. They worship it and go on pilgrimage to it. (MC 915v: f. 89v).		Leaving Kawkaw alongside the bank of the river ["Nile of the Sūdān], downstream, one arrives in a country called Damdam. The inhabitants devour all Whites who fall in their hands. This is a very large country. There is a great fortress where an idol, in the likeness of a woman (''sanam fī ṣūrat imra'a'') is kept. They worship it and go on pilgrimage to it. (MC 915v: f. 89v).


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ANONYMOUS KITAB AL—ISTIBSAR (about 1192 A.D.)

''K. al-istibṣār fī ‘ajā’ib al-amṣār (a treatise on geography closely following Al-Bakri).
MS: Paris, Bibl.Nat., MS ar. 2225
Ed.: A. de Kremer, Wien 1852.
Exc.: MC 905 ss.
T.: MC A: 1''

It is commonly said that this plain, which stretches between Qos and Aswan, consists of gold mines, but the Beja (Bujāh), a branch of the Ḥabasha. make it inaccessible. The country of this people stretches between the Red Sea (Qulzum) and the Nile of Egypt. A colony of Arabs of the Rabi'a tribe settled among them: They live there to work in the mines. This territory borders on the mine of the precious emerald, which is, at the moment the only one of its kind. It lies in a place called "al-Kharba", in a desert and mountainous region, guarded by the Beja. Those who wish to exploit the mine must pay a royalty (khufārah) to them. The distance between this place and the Nile is a 20 days' Journey.

The town of Aswan. It is the last town of Miṣr, because it is a frontier-post (thaghr) on the frontier of the Nūba, who are infidels. Were there neither mountains nor steep escarpments to separate Egypt from the Nūba, the latter would doubtlessly have pillaged Egypt. The Nile rushes so precipitously through rocks and slopes from the Nūba country (to Egypt) that no boat can sail in this place. (MC 908: fol. 37r, 38r).

Leaving Kawkaw alongside the bank of the river ["Nile of the Sūdān], downstream, one arrives in a country called Damdam. The inhabitants devour all Whites who fall in their hands. This is a very large country. There is a great fortress where an idol, in the likeness of a woman (sanam fī ṣūrat imra'a) is kept. They worship it and go on pilgrimage to it. (MC 915v: f. 89v).

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