Dedicated to the Memory of Moritz Steinschneider

Critical Text, Translation and Commentary by

Marcus Nathan Adler, M.A.

Philipp Feldheim, Inc the House of the Jewish Book New York

First Edition: London 1907

published by PHILIPP FELDHEIM, Inc. 96 East Broadway New York, N.Y. 10002

Printed in Jerusalem Israel by S. Monson

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Map showing Benjamin's route

Pages

INTRODUCTION

I. Islam in the Middle Ages vii

II. The Object of Benjamin's Journey xii

III. Bibliography xiii

THE ITINERARY

Translation of Hebrew Introduction

EUROPE

Saragossa, Barcelona, Narbonne

Beziers, Montpellier, Lunel

Posquières, Bourg de St. Gilles, Arles, Marseilles

Genoa, Pisa, Lucca

Rome 5-7

Naples, Sorrento, Salerno

Amalfi, Benevento, Melfi, Ascoli, Trani, Taranto, Brindisi

Corfu, Arta, Patras, Lepanto, Crissa, Corinth, Thebes

Wallachia, Armylo, Vissena, Salonica, Abydos

Constantinople 11-14

Rhaedestus, Gallipoli, Chios, Samos, Rhodes

ASIA

Cyprus, Curicus, Malmistras, Antioch

Antioch, Ladikiya, Gebela, the Hashishim

Kadmus, Tarabulus (Tripolis), Gubail (Byblus)

Beirut, Sidon, the Druses, Tyre

Acre, Haifa, Carmel

Caesarea, Ludd, Samaria, Nablous

The Samaritans 20-1

Jerusalem 22-5

Bethlehem, Hebron 25-6

Beit Jibrin, Shiloh, Ramah

Gibeah, Nob, Ramleh, Jaffa

Askelon, Jezreel, Sepphoris, Tiberias

Meron, Kedesh Naphtali, Banias

Damascus 29-30

Galid, Salchah

Baalbec, Tadmor, Emesa, Hatnath

Sheizar, Aleppo, Kalat Jabar, Rakka

Harrān, Ras-el-Ain, Geziret Ibn Omar

Mosul 33-4

Rahbah, Karkisiya, El-Anbar

Hadara, Okbara

Bagdad 35-42

Gazigan, Babylon

Hillah, Tower of Babel, Kaphri

Sepulchre of Ezekiel

Kotsonath, Kefar Al-Keram, Kufa, Sura

Shafjathib, El-Anbar, Hillah

Kheibar, Teima, Tilmas and Tanai in Arabia 47-50

Basra, Khuzistan, Shushan

Sepulchre of Daniel 52-3

Rudbar, Nihawand, Mulahid

Amadia, History of David Alroy 54-6

Hamadan, Tabaristan

Ispahan, Shiraz, Ghaznah

Samarkand, Tibet, Naisabur

Expedition of Sinjar against the Ghuz 60-2

Khuzistan, Island of Kish

Katifa, Khulam (Quilon), India 63-4

Ibrig 65-6

China, Sea of Nikpa

Al-Gingaleh, Zebid, Aden

AFRICA

Abyssinia and Nubia, Egypt

Gana, Desert of Sahara, Fayum, Heluan,

Cairo 70-4

Alexandria 75-7

Damietta, Sunbat, Mount Sinai, Tur Sinai, Tanis 77-8

EUROPE.

Island of Sicily, Messina, Palermo, Italy 78-9

Germany 79-80

Bohemia, Slavonia

Russia, France, Paris

ENGLISH INDEX 82-94

FOOTNOTES

HEBREW TEXT, with prefatory note ...[Hebrew]
List of emendations of Text ...[Hebrew]
HEBREW INDEX ...................... [Hebrew]