But his Arabic original is known only by the Persian and Turkish versions.

The Saracenic history of Ebn Amid, or Elmacin, is said to be an abridgment of the great Tabari, (Ockley's Hist.

of the Saracens, vol.
ii.

preface, p.xxxix.and list of authors, D'Herbelot, p.

866, 870, 1014.)] [Footnote 12: Besides the list of authors framed by Prideaux, (Life of Mahomet, p.