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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

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