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APPENDIX.
ABOU MOHAMMED AL HASSAN BEN AHMED BEN
YAKUB AL HAMADANI AL YEMANI.5
(died 334 a.h.)
He says that the Pyramids were built before the deluge, and
remained uninjured by it.
SOYUTI.
(died 911 a.h.)
From two MSS. in the Bodleian Library, 660 and 780 in Uri's
Catalogue.
He states, that the two larger Pyramids are the highest and the
most wonderful buildings in the world; that they appear like
natural mountains ; and that, although time has ruined all other
edifices, yet these remain comparatively uninjured.
He further states, that the idol of the Pyramids, the Sphinx,
called Balhouyah Balhit, and by the common people, Abou
Chawl, " the Father of Terror," keeps back the approach, of the
desert, sand by a talisman.
Soyuti then relates the story of Surid Ben Shaluk, as given
by Masoudi, which he says was the common tradition ; and also
the account by Altelemsani. He adds, that the treasures concealed
in the Pyramid were guarded by spirits, who have been frequently
seen going round the buildings at daybreak and at noonday.
One of these guardians was in the form of a naked woman with
long hair ; another, in that of a boy with a green or sallow com-
plexion ; and a third, in the form of an old man. The author
then quotes from Ebn Abd Al Hokm, that the Pyramids were built
by Sheddad Ben Ad, and conceives that they were erected before
the deluge, or more accurate accounts would have existed about
them. He also states from the Mesalik of Ebn Fadhl lllah, that
they were either haikels of the stars, or tombs, or intended to
preserve treasures and records during the deluge ; and that they
were held in great veneration by the Sabaians, who performed
pilgrimages to them, and had opened one of them.
Soyuti mentions from Al Watwati al Warrak, that the Sabieans,
1 Haofadaii is a town in Yemen.— Dr. Sprcngcr,
APPENDIX.
ABOU MOHAMMED AL HASSAN BEN AHMED BEN
YAKUB AL HAMADANI AL YEMANI.5
(died 334 a.h.)
He says that the Pyramids were built before the deluge, and
remained uninjured by it.
SOYUTI.
(died 911 a.h.)
From two MSS. in the Bodleian Library, 660 and 780 in Uri's
Catalogue.
He states, that the two larger Pyramids are the highest and the
most wonderful buildings in the world; that they appear like
natural mountains ; and that, although time has ruined all other
edifices, yet these remain comparatively uninjured.
He further states, that the idol of the Pyramids, the Sphinx,
called Balhouyah Balhit, and by the common people, Abou
Chawl, " the Father of Terror," keeps back the approach, of the
desert, sand by a talisman.
Soyuti then relates the story of Surid Ben Shaluk, as given
by Masoudi, which he says was the common tradition ; and also
the account by Altelemsani. He adds, that the treasures concealed
in the Pyramid were guarded by spirits, who have been frequently
seen going round the buildings at daybreak and at noonday.
One of these guardians was in the form of a naked woman with
long hair ; another, in that of a boy with a green or sallow com-
plexion ; and a third, in the form of an old man. The author
then quotes from Ebn Abd Al Hokm, that the Pyramids were built
by Sheddad Ben Ad, and conceives that they were erected before
the deluge, or more accurate accounts would have existed about
them. He also states from the Mesalik of Ebn Fadhl lllah, that
they were either haikels of the stars, or tombs, or intended to
preserve treasures and records during the deluge ; and that they
were held in great veneration by the Sabaians, who performed
pilgrimages to them, and had opened one of them.
Soyuti mentions from Al Watwati al Warrak, that the Sabieans,
1 Haofadaii is a town in Yemen.— Dr. Sprcngcr,