Floating on Mercury in the Moonlight: “Birkat az-Zi?baq” in the Palace of Khum?rawa?h in al-Qa???i? /
In the article the author analyzes references to a basin filled with mercury (“Birkat az-Zi?baq”) in the palace of the Tulunid Dynasty ruler Khum?rawa?h in al-Qa???i?. This basin, which has been mentioned in several medieval Arabic sources (al-Maqr?z?, Ibn Duqma?q, Ibn Iy?s, Ish??q?) had been built...
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