The Chronology of Ancient Nations

An English Version of the Arabic Text of the Athâr-ul-Bâkiya of Albîrûnî, Or "Vestiges of the Past"

An English version of the Arabic text of the Athâr-ul-bâkiya of Albîrûnî, or "Vestiges of the Past," collected and reduced to writing by the author in A.H. 390-1, A.D. 1000. Translated and edited, with notes and index, by C. E. Sachau.

People maintain that the Diet ornationit, which is the time for the p.330.
rendezvous of the sorcerers of Pharao, is this day 'Ashurii, especially the time
after noon. Although it be possible that all these events should hare occurred on
this day, we must state that all this rests only on the authority of popular story-
tellers, who do not draw upon learned sources nor upon the agreement between
the owners of a divine unit (i.e. Jews and Christians). Some people say that '
Ashura is an Arabized ...