And I do not adorn eyelids, nor do I enumerate beauties. This minister was fond of her, stingy about parting with her. It is mentioned that her purchase cost him two hundred and fifty dinars of the Almoravid dinars. She was the aforementioned merchant, with all her beauty and the preservation of her loveliness. When she spoke, she set her listeners aflame with the sweetness of her words and the pleasantness of her speech, for she was raised in Egypt. Thus, she was perfect in her qualities. From the city of Nawaba to the city of Kūsha, a distance of about 8 easy stages. Here ends what is contained in the third part of the first region, and praise be to God alone. And in this Fourth part of the first region The lands of Nubia, some of the lands of Abyssinia, the rest of the south of the land of the Nagubins, and a piece of the inner oasis lands. In the lands of Nubia, among the famous lands and mentioned capitals are Kūsha, 'Alūra, Dunqula, and Balan, and Sūla. In the land of Abyssinia, Markata, and the Najashi. And from the inner oasis lands, and the upper parts of Egypt, the city of Aswan, and Ansu, and Al-Raddani. And in this part, the confluence of the two Niles, meaning the Nile of Egypt which cuts through its land and flows from south to north, and most of the cities of Egypt are on its two banks together, and also on its islands. The second part of the Nile passes from the east to the far west. And on this part of the Nile are all or most of the lands of Sudan. And these two parts emerge from the Jabal al-Ghamr, whose beginning is beyond the equator by sixteen degrees. This is because the Nile originates from this mountain from ten springs. When five rivers among them, they flow and gather in a large pool. And the other five rivers also descend from the mountain to another large pool and emerge from .