on the surface of the earth, on the surface of the earth, sur la surface de la terre, p. 13, 136 188, p. علم. on the surface of the earth et near, to be easily approachable, p. v, l. 7. – Arab by ellipsis, because القعر or الغور has been suppressed, shallow, p. 64. second to last l; Ibn-Batouta, II, p. 324, where the words: وشربها do not mean, as read in the translation: "The drinking water is supplied by wells, located in the vicinity," because, if such had been the author's thought, he would have written منها ، وربيبه but they mean: "by shallow wells;" compare t. IV, p. 118, l. 10. Speaking of a roof, قريب means low, short; Motarrizi, al-Moghrib, man. 615, under: سمك اى السعف قريب The expression أسوان قريبة p. 169, which Ibn-Haucal also uses when speaking of Zaloul, has been translated as markets close to each other. It is not certain that this translation is correct, because in the authors of the Middle Ages of Arabic literature, قريب sometimes has the meaning of: mediocre, insignificant, as in Ibn-al-Athir, I, p. 41: القدار قريب : روى مثله مع اختلاف قريب من الغولين 88 ta, II, p. 246: مدعاها قريب ألمؤنه : From this: easy; Alcala: leggera cosa de hazer, قريب the synonym of ضعيف and of قين ; Ibn-Batouta, I, p. 267. It also seems to mean: favorably situated, as in Ibn-Haucal (Ce ta): سباع قريبة الأمر : لها مرسى قريب الاغر ; and elsewhere (Sindjar) of these two meanings could be suitable; but what proves that is also used in the sense of متعارف, is that Edrisi uses (p. 163 in the sense of متد ان. Therefore, أسواق قريبة 1.8) to be compared with متعارف, عبارت عمارات قريب has the same meaning in this passage of Ibn-Haucal (Bone): وفواكه خصب – وفواكه كثيرة وساتين قريبة , promontory, cape, قنائیل pl. فرنبيل ,p. 113, 110, 11v, 11و, Cim. V, Sect. 2: (من B) البر : مختلف ، عن in Victor: mountain slope. في فيرنبيل خارج في البحر قاع, p. 193, properly means: the hills or the