11 chapters of the original text. These 33 chapters lack in all subsequent copies, kept at institutional libraries throughout Europe. This present manuscript is therefore the earliest most complete manuscript. It is this manuscript, rich of a momentous course of historic events, which we now present for publication in facsimile by the AlQasimi Publications in Arabic, English and Portuguese. A Ànal word to remind that the aim of our efforts was to bring light to the history of one of the earliest westerner›s account of our dear homeland. Dr. Sultan bin Mohammad Al-Qasimi Member of the ACADEMIA DAS CIÊNCIAS DE LISBOA
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