Marcus Nathan Adler, M.A.
Philipp Feldheim, Inc — The House of the Jewish Book New York
First Edition: London 1907
Published by Philipp Feldheim, Inc — 96 East Broadway — New York, N.Y. 10002
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 | ||
| FOOTNOTES |
HEBREW TEXT, with prefatory note...[Hebrew]
List of emendations of Text...[Hebrew]
HEBREW INDEX...................... [Hebrew]