Mahumet's duel was w/ John de Merleberge=Marlborough, Wiltshire; fwiw, a Theobald, son of Mahumet, is also recorded from E13thC Hampshire...
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Another Mahomet (Muhammad) recorded 1327, when Edward III issued him+6 others a pardon at Newton-on-Ouse, Yorks, for 'offenses in Ireland'
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Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green
Re: these names, worth noting again al-Idrisi's knowledge of southern+eastern Britain & dinars in L11/12thC England:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/719248330472230913 …
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Al-Idrisi in 12thC on Hastings: 'a town of large extent+many inhabitants, flourishing+handsome, having markets, workpeople & rich merchants'
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Abu'l-Fida on Britain from his E14thC Geography, based on 13thC work of Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (trans. Dunlop, 1957)pic.twitter.com/yngi0Nwf5h
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Harun ibn Yahya, a late 9th-century traveller, on Britain; account preserved by Ibn Rustah: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/04/heptarchy-harun-ibn-yahya.html …pic.twitter.com/Ig41PQ25uX
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the last line a rather ungenerous swipe at the Irish...
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True, tho' more positive than Abu'l-Fida, who says only "the island of Ireland...It is well known for its numerous disturbances"!
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Ha, yes! Though at least Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub (10th c) approved of Irish whaling techniques.
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Ah, yes, very true---far more complementary, both of their whaling skills and their mantles!
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ah, wait, no, I'm thinking al-Udhri in the 11thC on mantles+whales!
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