A physician on the Nile : [a description of Egypt and journal of the famine years] /

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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Main Author: ʻAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī, Muwaffaq al-Dīn, 1162-1231 (Author)

Other Authors: Mackintosh-Smith, Tim, 1961- (Editor, Translator)

Format: Book

Language: English
Arabic

Published: New York : New York University Press, [2021].

Subjects:

Natural history > Egypt > Pre-Linnean works.
Famines > Egypt > History > 13th century.
Egypt > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Egypt > History > 640-1250.

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Call Number: DT51 .A12813 2021

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Table of Contents:
  • 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]