Taken from: J. Selden, Contextio Gemmarum, 2 vols. Oxford 1858/9
Also called: Sa’id ibn Batriq
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Part1 p54
(1) Qibt: Copts of Egypt.
(2) Maris: the big province in Sudan just south of Aswan was called Maris. The Maris are also mentioned by Jirjis ibn aal Amib al-Makin (1260).
(3) Beja: people from Sudan. The Egyptians leaving from Aswan; the southern border town on the Nile; have to cross their territory to reach the harbours on the Red Sea.
(4) Zutt: tribe from north-west India.
(5) Zabayy: Zabaj: one of the main islands of Indonesia (Sumatra).
(6) The curse of Ham is repeated by:
- Ibn Qutayba (880)
- Ibn Wadih al-Ya'qubi (d897)
- Al-Kisa'i (d904)
- Eutychius of Alexandria: (d. 940 A.D.)
- Muhammad Bal'ami (10th)
- Al Rabghuzi; Qisas al Anbiya (1300)
- Al Dimashqi (1325)
- Ibn Khaldun (1406)
- Suyuti (1505)
(7) Ham: one of the three sons of Noa.
(8) Misr: other name for Egypt.