ELMACIN (ELMAKIN or ELMACINUS),

See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE (c. 1223-1294)  , author of a history of the Saracens, which extends from the time of Mahomet to the year 1118 of our era . He was a Christian of Egypt, where he was born; is known in the east as Ibn-Amid; and after holding an official position under the sultans of Egypt, died at Damascus . His history is principally occupied with the affairs of the Saracen empire, but it contains passages which relate to the Eastern Christians . It was published in Arabic and Latin at Leiden in 1625 . The Latin version is a translation by Erpenius, under the title, Historia saracenica, and from this a French translation was made by Wattier as L'Hisloire mahometane (Paris, 1657) .