THE ITINERARY
OF
BENJAMIN OF TUDELA

CRITICAL TEXT, TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY
BY

MARCUS NATHAN ADLER, M.A.

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PHILIPP FELDHEIM, INC
THE HOUSE OF THE JEWISH BOOK
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FIRST EDITION: LONDON 1907

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PRINTED IN JERUSALEM ISRAEL BY S. MONSON

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MORITZ STEINSCHNEIDER

[TABLE OF CONTENTS]
Map showing Benjamin's route
Pages
INTRODUCTION
I. Islam in the Middle Ages [vii]
II. The Object of Benjamin's Journey[xii]
III. Bibliography[xiii]
THE ITINERARY
Translation of Hebrew Introduction[1]
EUROPE
Saragossa, Barcelona, Narbonne [2]
Beziers, Montpellier, Lunel[3]
Posquières, Bourg de St. Gilles, Arles, Marseilles[4]
Genoa, Pisa, Lucca [5]
Rome [5-7]
Naples, Sorrento, Salerno[8]
Amalfi, Benevento, Melfi, Ascoli, Trani, Taranto, Brindisi[9]
Corfu, Arta, Patras, Lepanto, Crissa, Corinth, Thebes[10]
Wallachia, Armylo, Vissena, Salonica, Abydos[11]
Constantinople [11-14]
Rhaedestus, Gallipoli, Chios, Samos, Rhodes[14]
ASIA
Cyprus, Curicus, Malmistras, Antioch[15]
Antioch, Ladikiya, Gebela, the Hashishim[16]
Kadmus, Tarabulus (Tripolis), Gubail (Byblus)[17]
Beirut, Sidon, the Druses, Tyre[18]
Acre, Haifa, Carmel[19]
Caesarea, Ludd, Samaria, Nablous[20]
The Samaritans[20-1]
Jerusalem[22-5]
Bethlehem, Hebron[25-6]
Beit Jibrin, Shiloh, Ramah[26]
Gibeah, Nob, Ramleh, Jaffa[27]
Askelon, Jezreel, Sepphoris, Tiberias[28]
Meron, Kedesh Naphtali, Banias[29]
Damascus[29-30]
Galid, Salchah[30]
Baalbec, Tadmor, Emesa, Hatnath[31]
Sheizar, Aleppo, Kalat Jabar, Rakka[32]
Harrān, Ras-el-Ain, Geziret Ibn Omar[33]
Mosul[33-4]
Rahbah, Karkisiya, El-Anbar[34]
Hadara, Okbara[35]
Bagdad[35-42]
Gazigan, Babylon[42]
Hillah, Tower of Babel, Kaphri[43]
Sepulchre of Ezekiel[44]
Kotsonath, Kefar Al-Keram, Kufa, Sura[45]
Shafjathib, El-Anbar, Hillah[46]
Kheibar, Teima, Tilmas and Tanai in Arabia[47-50]
Basra, Khuzistan, Shushan[51]
Sepulchre of Daniel[52-3]
Rudbar, Nihawand, Mulahid[53]
Amadia, History of David Alroy[54-6]
Hamadan, Tabaristan[57]
Ispahan, Shiraz, Ghaznah[58]
Samarkand, Tibet, Naisabur[59]
Expedition of Sinjar against the Ghuz[60-2]
Khuzistan, Island of Kish[62]
Katifa, Khulam (Quilon), India[63-4]
Ibrig[65-6]
China, Sea of Nikpa[66]
Al-Gingaleh, Zebid, Aden[67]
AFRICA
Abyssinia and Nubia, Egypt[68]
Gana, Desert of Sahara, Fayum, Heluan,[69]
Cairo [70-4]
Alexandria[75-7]
Damietta, Sunbat, Mount Sinai, Tur Sinai, Tanis[77-8]
EUROPE.
Island of Sicily, Messina, Palermo, Italy[78-9]
Germany[79-80]
Bohemia, Slavonia[80]
Russia, France, Paris [81]
ENGLISH INDEX[82-94]
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