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Cover illustration: Ê¿Abd al-Muá¹á¹alib and his son al-Ḥarith, about to discover the Zamzam well.
Detail of page from the Compendium of Chronicles by RashÄ«d al-DÄ«n Faá¸l-AllÄh ṬabÄ«b HamadÄnÄ« (d. 1318). University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections.
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