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PERIOD: BEFORE 685 HIGRI/ 1286 A. D.
DATE: 977 HIGRI / 1570 A. D.
AUTHOR: ABUL-HASAN ‘ALI BIN SA’ID.
... THE ORIGINAL IS from A MANUSCRIPT OF THE TREATY ENTITLEd “Kitab al-DJOUGHRAFIYA” OF Abul-Hasan ‘Ali ibn Sa'id, COPY OF WHICH WAS completed on the 20 of RAMADAN 977 Higri February 26th, 1570 by AbuL-HASAN 'ALI AL-CHAWi. THE manuSCRIPT is located IN THE OXFORD Bodleiana library.

MS. LAUD. 317/320 (CATALOG No. 1015).