نزهة المشتاق في اختراق الآفاق (Book of Roger — Geography with 70 Maps)

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...and with him all his commanders, he rides and travels, with them proceeding before him, walking through the alleys of the city and circling the town. Whoever has a grievance or a matter of concern approaches him, and he remains present before them until the grievance is resolved. Then he returns to his palace, and his commanders disperse. After the afternoon prayer, once the heat of the sun has subsided, he rides out a second time and goes out with his soldiers surrounding him, so no one can approach him or reach him. This riding twice a day is a well-known custom, and this is famous for his justice. His clothing is a wrap of silk he drapes around himself, or a cloak he wraps about, with trousers at his waist and shirki leather/Eastern style sandals on his feet. He rides horses, and he possesses beautiful finery and a complete regalia that goes before him on his feast days. He has many banners and one standard. Elephants, giraffes, and various types of wild animals found in the lands of the Sudan walk before him. They have boats and documented? the text here is unclear, perhaps "firm/sturdy" structures in the Nile, and they hunt in them and maneuver between the two cities with them. The clothing of the people of Ghana consists of wraps, loincloths, and garments, each according to their means. The land of Ghana connects in its west with the lands of Maghzara, in its east with the lands of Waqara, in its north with the desert that connects between the land of the Sudan and the land of the Berbers, and it connects in its south with the land of the pagan Lamlam a term used here to refer to specific non-Muslim African peoples and others. From the city of Ghana to the beginning of the lands of Waqara is eight days. These lands of Waqara are the lands of raw gold original: "tibr", famous for their goodness and abundance. It is an island three hundred miles long and one hundred and fifty miles wide. The Nile surrounds it from every side throughout the year. When it is the month of August, the heat intensifies, and the Nile exits and overflows, covering this island or most of it, and it remains upon it for the period it is accustomed to remain, then it begins to recede. When the Nile begins...