Scorpions
URI https://medievalmideast.org/practice/912
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| Event Description | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| before 1354 CE | 1354-1356 | 1356 | 1997 | |
| before c.1170 | c.1173 | 13th C | 1907 |
Sources
- 1Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 4:274 [Arabic].
- scorpions: H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), IV, 973 [English].
- 2Scorpions: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 65 [Hebrew with English translation].
How to Cite This Entry
Thomas A. Carlson and Liran Yadgar, “Scorpions” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/912.
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- Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; categorization, matching, Arabic collection and transliteration from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account; and matching, Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
- Liran Yadgar: Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue