A letter to Major-General John Briggs, Honorary Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society, on the discovery of part of the second volume of the Jámi al Tawáríkh of Rashíd al Dín / by William Morley.

  • Morley, William H. (William Hook), 1815-1860.
Date:
1839
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Credit: A letter to Major-General John Briggs, Honorary Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society, on the discovery of part of the second volume of the Jámi al Tawáríkh of Rashíd al Dín / by William Morley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    and the leaves are misplaced j it relates to the events which happened in the earlier years of the Flight; the contents of the chapters, in their present order, are as follows. Account of the expedition of the prophet to Hamrd al Asad*, which is described as a halting station between Makkah and Madinah, at a distance of three farsakhs from the former city. Account of the night journey of Salamah Ben Abd al Asad in Moharram, the thirty-fifth month of the Flight. Account of the night journey of Abd Allah Ben Anis to Sofiydn Ben Khalid, on the fifth of Moharram, the thirty-fifth month of the Flight. Account of the night journey of Al Mondar Ben Amrd al Sciidi, in the thirty-sixth month of the Flight. Account of the night journey of Morthid Ben Abi Morthid al Anawi to Al Raji®, a halting station between Naja and Madinah, in Safar, the thirty-sixth month of the Flight. Account of the expedition of the prophet against the Bani Al Nodhair®, in Rabi al Awwal, the thirty-seventh month of the Flight. Account of the expedition of Badr al Mdid^ in Dzl al Kadat, the forty-fifth month of the Flight. Account of the expedition to Dzdt al Rikd®, in Moharram, the forty-seventh month of the Flight. Account of the expedition to Dumat al Jandal®, five days journey from Damashk, in Rabi al Awwal, the forty-ninth month of the Flight. Account of the expedition to Dzdt al Marisi^, between Al Fara® and Madinah, in the month Shabdn, and the year of the Flight 5. Est autem Ragius puteus juris Hudeilitarum, ad quatuordecim miliana ab Osfano.—Abulpeda, a Reiskc. * The prophet halted at this place, which is described aa situated in the desert, eight days’ journey from Madinah; a miraculous conversion 9 ® A tribe of Jews who resided about a farsakh’s distance from Madinah. of his enemies took place here.—Tabaiu. a certain well situated in tho desert.—Tabaiu.