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Cover illustration: Leiden University Library, Cod. Or. 2063, fol. 204. Detail of a map of Egypt from al-MaqdisÄ«âs Aḥsan al-taqÄsÄ«m fÄ« maÊ¿rifat al-aqÄlÄ«m. Note that the Nile as well as mountains are in dark blue.
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