The oriental geography of Ebn Haukal. An Arabian traveller of the tenth century / Translated from a manuscript in his own possession, collated with one preserved in the library of Eton College, by Sir William Ouseley.

  • al-Iṣṭakhrī, active 10th century.
Date:
1800
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Credit: The oriental geography of Ebn Haukal. An Arabian traveller of the tenth century / Translated from a manuscript in his own possession, collated with one preserved in the library of Eton College, by Sir William Ouseley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The region of Islam is superior to the others, because it is more extensive; from south to north, and from the western bay or gulph, connected with the ocean, to the borders of y-o* Cheen Macheen (the southern parts of China), and another bay or gulph, likewise joining the ocean, from the west (Africa), to (jjsJOol Andalus, Spain. The author informs us that he has drawn a line through this map, dividing it into two parts, and passing from the Persian Sea to the land of Hindoostan, through the midst of the region of Islam -, likewise from the land of Egypt to the west of Africa. The inhabitants of the northern parts of these countries are of a fair complexion ; those who dwell still farther north are more fair skinned, and their climate is cold. The inhabitants of the south are of a dark complexion, and the blackness of their skins increases as they dwell farther to the south. On the east of the land of Islam are the regions of Hindoo- stan and the yylj yA Persian Sea; to the west lie Roam, and y^i! Armen, and ylM Allan, and^^ Serir, and yjA Khozr, and Rous; andylxAj Bulgar, and L_OCiuw Siklab, and part of y CCjjJy Turkestan. The land of Islam has to the north the empire of y^o*. Cheen, and its various territories from the borders of Turkestan; and to the south the Persian Sea, and the region of cXaw Sind. The Ocean bounds it to the west and to the south.