Works, Volume 44Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 37
... Arabian and not the African side of the Red Sea , as the allusion to Arabia Felix proves . 66 The phrase Barr ' Ajam may mean Persian land , " or simply " Non- Arab land , " and Burton tells us that the Somālis called their country Barr ...
... Arabian and not the African side of the Red Sea , as the allusion to Arabia Felix proves . 66 The phrase Barr ' Ajam may mean Persian land , " or simply " Non- Arab land , " and Burton tells us that the Somālis called their country Barr ...
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... Arabia Felix and turning to the other side of 1 Ramusio adds : " This was reported to me by divers Moors , whom I ... Arabia Felix and this African coast con- tinues . The Spanish version reads " the coast of the sea of Arabia Felix ...
... Arabia Felix and turning to the other side of 1 Ramusio adds : " This was reported to me by divers Moors , whom I ... Arabia Felix and this African coast con- tinues . The Spanish version reads " the coast of the sea of Arabia Felix ...
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... ARABIA . FURTHER on , beyond the Cape of Rosalgate , there are many villages and strongholds of the King of Ormuss along the coast as far as the entrance of the Sea of I The prominent Cape known to the Arabs as Rāsa'l - hadd , " the ...
... ARABIA . FURTHER on , beyond the Cape of Rosalgate , there are many villages and strongholds of the King of Ormuss along the coast as far as the entrance of the Sea of I The prominent Cape known to the Arabs as Rāsa'l - hadd , " the ...
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BIBLIOGRAPHY XXVXxxii | xxv |
Works published by the Hakluyt Society | xxxi |
INTRODUCTION OF THE PORTUGUESE EDITORS TO | xxxiii |
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