A physician on the Nile : [a description of Egypt and journal of the famine years] /
"A Physician on the Nile begins as a description of everyday life in Egypt at the turn of the seventh/thirteenth century, before becoming a harrowing account of famine and pestilence"--
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[2021].
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Call Number: DT51 .A12813 2021
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| 100 | 1 | |a ʻAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī, Muwaffaq al-Dīn, |d 1162-1231, |e author | |
| 240 | 0 | 0 | |a Kitāb al-Ifādah wa-l-i'tibār fī l-umūr al-mushāhadah wa-l-ḥawādith al-mu'āyanah bi-arḍ Miṣr. |l English |
| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A physician on the Nile : |b [a description of Egypt and journal of the famine years] / |c 'Abd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī ; edited and translated by Tim Mackintosh-Smith. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b New York University Press, |c [2021]. | |
| 300 | |a xliv, 256 pages : |b maps ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a General characteristics of Egypt -- Characteristic plants and trees of Egypt -- Characteristic features of the animal world in Egypt -- A description of the ancient Egyptian monuments examined by the author -- Unusual Egyptian buildings and boats examined by the author -- The Nile and the manner of its annual rises, with an explanation of the causes of this phenomenon and the laws of nature governing it -- The events of the year 597 [1200-01] -- The events of the year 598 [1201-2] | |
| 520 | |a "A Physician on the Nile begins as a description of everyday life in Egypt at the turn of the seventh/thirteenth century, before becoming a harrowing account of famine and pestilence"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Natural history |z Egypt |v Pre-Linnean works. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Famines |z Egypt |x History |y 13th century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Egypt |x Description and travel |v Early works to 1800. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Egypt |x History |y 640-1250. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Mackintosh-Smith, Tim, |d 1961- |e editor, |e translator | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
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