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KITĀB SŪRAT AL-ARḌ

''(before 900 A.D.)''

''A book of astronomical tables found in al-Battānī's work. Part of an Arabic translation (now lost) of the Geography of Ptolemy.''

''Ed.: Al-Battānī, ''Opus Astronomicum'' ed. C.A. Nallino III, 234-241.''

''T.: MC 555 v    A: 1''   


{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! Longitude
! Latitude
|-
| ''Kūnīn'' (= ''Kūsh'') above Miṣr
| 62°
| 36°
|-
| Kūnīn	(= ''Kūsh'') the interior, beyond the Equator
| 50°
| 12°
|-
| ''Sūwād'' (''Sūwān''?) of the Ḥabasha
| 65°
| 22° 30'
|-
| ''Kusūmī'' (=Auxuma, Aksum) the town of the King of Kush
| 65°
| 11°
|-
| ''Madīnat al-Tīb'' (the city of the spices) 
| 82°
| 40° 30’
|-
| ''Dunqula'' the city of the Nubians 
| 63°
| 14° 15'
|}                  		 	
				                                           				                        		
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