A physician on the Nile : 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 ; afterword by Paulo Lemos Horta ; volume editor Shawkat M. Toorawa.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-177) and index.
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 -- 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].
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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