Excerpt from The Chronology of Ancient Nations: An English Version of the Arabic d104 of the Ath r-Ul-B kiya of Alb run , or "Vestiges of the Past," Collected and Reduced to Writing by the Authors in A. H. 390-1, A. D. 1000 I have boldly attacked the sometimes rather enigmatic style of the author, and if I have missed the mark, if the bewildering variety and multiplicity of the subj ect-matter have prevented me reaching the very bottom of every question, I must do what more or less every Oriental author does at the end of his work, - humbly ask the gentle reader to pardon my error and to correct it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.