Table of Contents
Letter from the General Editor iii
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction xxi
Maps
1 The Cairo Conurbation xlviii
2 Egypt xlix
3 Egypt and Surrounding Lands l
4 The Levant li
Note on the Text lii
Notes to the Introduction liv
A Physician on the Nile 1
Part 1 Consisting of six chapters 7
Chapter 1 General characteristics of Egypt 9
Chapter 2 Characteristic plants and trees of Egypt 14
Chapter 3 Characteristic features of the animal world in Egypt 31
Chapter 4 A description of the ancient Egyptian monuments examined by the author 41
Chapter 5 Unusual Egyptian buildings and boats examined by the author 68
Chapter 6 Unusual Egyptian foods 73
Part 2 Consisting of three chapters 78
Chapter 1 The Nile and the manner of its annual rises, with an explanation of the causes of this phenomenon and the laws of nature governing it 79
Chapter 2 The events of the year 597 [1200-1] 89
Chapter 3 The events of the year 598 [1201-2] 102
Notes 115
Glossary of Names and Terms 148
Bibliography 172
Index 178
About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute 194
About the Translator 195
The Library of Arabic Literature 196
