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The territory of the Beja ('amal al-buja) is two-hundred parasangs by eighty. | The territory of the Beja ('amal al-buja) is two-hundred parasangs by eighty. | ||
The territory of the Nuba ('amal an-nūba) under the | |||
rule of the Najāshī is one thousand and five hundred | The territory of the Nuba ('amal an-nūba) under the rule of the Najāshī is one thousand and five hundred parasangs by four hundred, and the territory of the Zanj, | ||
parasangs by four hundred, and the territory of the Zanj, | to the east, is seven thousand and six-hundred parasangs by five hundred. (MC fol. 510 v). | ||
to the east, is seven thousand and six-hundred parasangs | |||
by five hundred. (MC fol. 510 v). | |||
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Revision as of 14:44, 18 January 2014
AL-FAZARI
before 800 A.D.
Muhammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, an astronomer, allegedly wrote K. az-Zīj (Astronomical Tables), of which only fragments have been preserved: Mas'ūdī, Mūrūj, IV, pp. 37-40; Al-Bakrī, K. al-mamālik, MS 2216, Bibl. Nat. Paris), p. 11.
T.: MC 510 v A: 1
The territory of the Beja ('amal al-buja) is two-hundred parasangs by eighty.
The territory of the Nuba ('amal an-nūba) under the rule of the Najāshī is one thousand and five hundred parasangs by four hundred, and the territory of the Zanj, to the east, is seven thousand and six-hundred parasangs by five hundred. (MC fol. 510 v).
