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An Embassy from King John to the Emperor of Morocco

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

Extract

On pages 559–64 of Vol: II of Chronica Majora of Matthew Paris (London. 1874) we find under the date of a.d. 1213 the following curious anecdote regarding King John. The heading runs: Qualiter rex desperans miserit ad admiralium Murmelim. The story, which never seems to have attracted the attention it deserves, is of considerable interest to students of Islamic history, whether it be based on fact or no.

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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1924

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1 This narrative is also to be found in the Gesta Abbatum S. Albani, i, pp. 236–42Google Scholar (Riley). An English version is to be found in the J. A. Giles' Translation of Roger of Wendover (vol. ii, pp. 283–6) [Bohn. London, 1849].Google Scholar

1 See Dozy, R., History of the Almohades, Text, second edition, Leiden, 1881, p. m.Google Scholar