ABDOLLATIPII, a.) Arabian physician, born at Bag dad in 11 I I . to whom 1,osu city is ilidtlitc(i for a minut and interesting account 0. Egypt. After having studied gramina.r, rhetoric, y, poetry, and the dogmas of the Mahommedan law, began to travel at the age ol 28. He reached 'Mosul, v Iterr he remained a year, gi% - 'lig lectures in some of ()lieges. He next proceeded to Damascus, where he wailed in a contros era!, over Al-liendi, a famous gi ; and then advanced towards Jerusalem. I 1 'I.g learned that Saladin, king of the Saracens, who 11. seized on the sovereignty of Egypt, and endeavoured o expel the Christians from the Holy Land, was encamped near Acre, lie repaired thi ther, probably to obtain a protection during his travc Is; but he found the king overwhelmed with at a signal defeat which he had received from the Chris tians, and incapable of admitting him to his presence One of his principal officers, however, Bohaddin Ebn Shaddad, to whom Abdollatiph was known, offered him his patronage, and recommended him to one of the chid] men of the court, Ali-Kadi Al-Fadelo, who promised him a pension if he would return to Damascus. But Abdol latiph chose rather to travel in Egypt ; and with this view went to Cairo with the recommendations of Al Fadelo. Having understood, that Saladio had conclud
ed a peace with the Christians, and was then at Jerusa lem, he went thither, and experienced the most gratify ing reception. He afterwards delivered lectures in the great church or temple, called Al-Aksa. Thence he re turned to Damascus for the third time ; and in the col lege founded by Al-Aziz, imparted instruction on vari. ous subjects to a numerous audience.
Subsequent to this period, Abdollatiph travelled into Greece, where he resided several years, and afterwards visited Syria, Asia Minor, and Armenia, practising his art in various courts. At length he wished to return to Damascus, as the place of his future residence ; but he was desirous previously to make a pilgrimage to Mec ca, on his road to Bagdad, for the purpose of presenting some of his works to the caliph Al-Mostansor Billah. He died at Bagdad in 1223. Osaiba, -an eminent Ara bian biographer, ascribes 150 works to Abdollatiph. The only one extant is his account of Egypt, which was brought to Europe in manuscript by Dr. Pococke, and deposited in the Bodleian library at Oxford. This work has been lately published by Dr. White, accompanied with an elegant Latin Version. (c)