Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baġdādī, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī (1162-1231)
Titre(s) : A physician on the Nile [Texte imprimé] : a description of Egypt and journal of the famine years / by ʻAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī ; translated by Tim Mackintosh-Smith ; foreword by Mansoura Ez-Eldin ; volume editor Shawkat M. Toorawa
Traduction de : Kitāb al-ifādaẗ wa-al-iʿtibār fī al-umūr al-mušāhadaẗ wa-al-ḥawādiṯ al-muʿayanaẗ bi-arḍ
Miṣr
Publication : New York : New York university press, copyright 2022
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (lvii-201 pages) : maps ; 21 cm
Collection : Library of Arabic Literature
Lien à la collection : Library of Arabic literature
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-177) and index
In English, translated from the Arabic.
"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"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Mackintosh-Smith, Tim (1961-....). Traducteur
ʿIzz al-Dīn, Manṣūraẗ (1976-....). Préfacier
Toorawa, Shawkat M. (1963-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Récits de voyages arabes -- Égypte -- 13e siècle
Famines -- Égypte -- 13e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
916.204 2 (23e éd.) = Géographie - Égypte - Voyages - 0640-1517
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781479820078. - ISBN 1479820075 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47281247w
Notice n° :
FRBNF47281247
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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
; Unusual Egyptian foods ; 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]
