The Cairo Nilometer : Studies in Ibn Taghrî Birdî's Chronicles of Egypt : 1

1. Verfasser: Popper, William 1874-1963
Weitere Verfasser: Ibn Taghrībirdī, Abū al-Maḥāsin Yūsuf 1411-1470,
Ibn Taghri Birdi, Abu l-Mahasin
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, 1951.
Umfang/Format: XI, 269 p. : ill., map, diagrs., tables ; 26 cm.
Schriftenreihe: University of California publications in Semitic philology ; 12
Beschreibung: "The study deals ... with the records of the rise [of the Nile] during the twelve and a half centuries from 641 to 1890 A.D. ... The chronicles of ... Ibn-Taghrî Birdî ... are the principal source of the statistics of the Nile for 641-1470 A.D."
Bibliographie: Bibliography: p. 257-261.