Talk:Kitab al-I'tibar

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[edit] Material Culture

towards the end of this section I wrote that Usamah lost 4000 books while on a journey. This must be wrong! but this entry is taken from an essay I wrote ages ago and I haven't got the books to hand to check this out. I think it is more likely 400. --Cap 00:29, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC) I've just looked at the essay and there is a footnote to page 61 of Hitti's book if anyone has a copy and can check this out, there are probably references to it in the other books aswell.

I've just done an internet search and it appears that he did have 4000 books!!! http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/197003/memories.of.a.muslim.prince.htm they were being carried by ship from Egypt when they were stolen.--Cap 01:41, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Yeah, and apparently they were added to the library in Jerusalem, where William of Tyre probably had access to them to write his (unfortunately now lost) Gesta Orientalium Principum. (Or at least it's nice to imagine that's what happened...) Adam Bishop 03:28, 14 March 2006 (UTC)