Note 067 In the Geography of Abulfeda, the description of Syria, his native country, is the most interesting and authentic portion. It was published in Arabic and Latin, Lipsiae, 1766, in quarto, with the learned notes of Kochler and Reiske, and some extracts of geography and natural history from Ibn Ol Wardii. Among the modern travels, Pocock's Description of the East (of Syria and Mesopotamia, vol. ii. p. 88 - 209) is a work of superior learning and dignity; but the author too often confounds what he had seen and what he had read.]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 51