MARCUS NATHAN ADLER, M.A.
Marcus Nathan Adler translation
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PHILIPP FELDHEIM, INC THE HOUSE OF THE JEWISH BOOK NEW YORK
FIRST EDITION: LONDON 1907
published by PHILIPP FELDHEIM, Inc. 96 East Broadway New York, N.Y. 10002
PRINTED IN JERUSALEM ISRAEL BY S. MONSON
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MORITZ STEINSCHNEIDER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Map showing Benjamin's route
Pages
INTRODUCTION
I. Islam in the Middle Ages vii
II. The Object of Benjamin's Journey xii
III. Bibliography xiii
THE ITINERARY
Translation of Hebrew Introduction 1
EUROPE
Saragossa, Barcelona, Narbonne 2
Beziers, Montpellier, Lunel 3
Posquières, Bourg de St. Gilles, Arles, Marseilles 4
Genoa, Pisa, Lucca 5
Rome 5-7
Naples, Sorrento, Salerno 8
Amalfi, Benevento, Melfi, Ascoli, Trani, Taranto, Brindisi 9
Corfu, Arta, Patras, Lepanto, Crissa, Corinth, Thebes 10
Wallachia, Armylo, Vissena, Salonica, Abydos 11
Constantinople 11-14
Rhaedestus, Gallipoli, Chios, Samos, Rhodes 14
ASIA
Cyprus, Curicus, Malmistras, Antioch 15
Antioch, Ladikiya, Gebela, the Hashishim 16
Kadmus, Tarabulus (Tripolis), Gubail (Byblus) 17
Beirut, Sidon, the Druses, Tyre 18
Acre, Haifa, Carmel 19
Caesarea, Ludd, Samaria, Nablous 20
The Samaritans 20-1
Jerusalem 22-5
Bethlehem, Hebron 25-6
Beit Jibrin, Shiloh, Ramah 26
Gibeah, Nob, Ramleh, Jaffa 27
Askelon, Jezreel, Sepphoris, Tiberias 28
Meron, Kedesh Naphtali, Banias 29
Damascus 29-30
Galid, Salchah 30
Baalbec, Tadmor, Emesa, Hatnath 31
Sheizar, Aleppo, Kalat Jabar, Rakka 32
Harrān, Ras-el-Ain, Geziret Ibn Omar 33
Mosul 33-4
Rahbah, Karkisiya, El-Anbar 34
Hadara, Okbara 35
Bagdad 35-42
Gazigan, Babylon 42
Hillah, Tower of Babel, Kaphri 43
Sepulchre of Ezekiel 44
Kotsonath, Kefar Al-Keram, Kufa, Sura 45
Shafjathib, El-Anbar, Hillah 46
Kheibar, Teima, Tilmas and Tanai in Arabia 47-50
Basra, Khuzistan, Shushan 51
Sepulchre of Daniel 52-3
Rudbar, Nihawand, Mulahid 53
Amadia, History of David Alroy 54-6
Hamadan, Tabaristan 57
Ispahan, Shiraz, Ghaznah 58
Samarkand, Tibet, Naisabur 59
Expedition of Sinjar against the Ghuz 60-2
Khuzistan, Island of Kish 62
Katifa, Khulam (Quilon), India 63-4
Ibrig 65-6
China, Sea of Nikpa 66
Al-Gingaleh, Zebid, Aden 67
AFRICA
Abyssinia and Nubia, Egypt 68
Gana, Desert of Sahara, Fayum, Heluan, 69
Cairo 70-4
Alexandria 75-7
Damietta, Sunbat, Mount Sinai, Tur Sinai, Tanis 77-8
EUROPE.
Island of Sicily, Messina, Palermo, Italy 78-9
Germany 79-80
Bohemia, Slavonia 80
Russia, France, Paris 81
ENGLISH INDEX 82-94
FOOTNOTES
HEBREW TEXT, with prefatory note ...[Hebrew] List of emendations of Text ...[Hebrew] HEBREW INDEX ...................... [Hebrew]