Kitap 16
4.2
Four of the most populous nations inhabit the extremity of the above-mentioned country; namely, the Minaei the part towards the Red Sea, whose largest city is Carna or Carnana.Cam Almanazil. Next to these are the Sabaeans, whose chief city is Mariaba.Mariaba was not the name of a city, but the title of a city acquired by the residence of their sovereigns. Mariana oppidum, says Pliny, vi. 32, significat dominos omnium. The capital was called Saba, now Sabbea; and the country in which it is situated is called Sabieh. The third nation are the Cattabaneis,Yemen. extending to the straits and the passage across the Arabian Gulf. Their royal seat is called Tamna. The ChatramotitaeThe people of Hadramaüt. are the furthest of these nations towards the east. Their city is Sabata.
4.3
All these cities are governed by one monarch, and are flourishing. They are adorned with beautiful temples and palaces. Their houses, in the mode of binding the timbers together, are like those in Egypt. The four countries comprise a greater territory than the Delta of Egypt.The extent was six times as large as the Delta.
