20/53 It is only known from Oriental authors that he was born on a Monday, the 10th Reby 1st, the third month of the Mahometan year; the year 40 or 42 of Chosroes Nushirvan, king of Persia; the year 881 of the Seleucidan aera; the year 1316 of the aera of Nabonassar. This leaves the point undecided between the years 569, 570, 571, of J.C.See the Memoir of M.Silv.de Sacy, on divers events in the history of the Arabs before Mahomet, Mem.Acad.des Loscript. |