A physician on the Nile : a description of Egypt and journal of the famine years /
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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Arabic |
| Language Notes: | Parallel Arabic text and English translation. |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | Library of Arabic literature.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xliv, 256 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781479806249 1479806242 |