Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

THE HISTORY
OF
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
FROM THE "UNIVERSAL HISTORY"
OF
AL-MAKIN.'
[P. 207] The ninety-second from Adam was
Alexander, the son of Philip, the Greek, the Macedonian,
who was surnamed the "Two-horned." Now
men differ in their opinions concerning [the length
of] his reign and concerning his two horns.^ Some Explanation
say that he had a place for two horns in his
'"^ '"""
head,"' Two-horn-
and that he hid it from men, but others
ed.
say that
he was surnamed "Two-horned" because he reigned
over the two horns of the sun, that is, from the
east even unto the west.^ And, moreover, the
chronographers differ in their statements about
him and contradict each other freely. Now I, the
' /. e., Jirjis ibn al-'Amid Abu'l-Yasir; he was born at
Cairo A. H. 602. His grandfather was a Christian merchant
at Tekritj and his father, who was originally a monk in the
Monastery of John ColobiuSj became subsequently secre-
tary for war in Egypt and Syria under Salah ed-din. Al-Makin
died at Damascus A. H. 672 = A. D. 1273— 74. See Wiisten-
feld, Die Geschichtschrdber der Araber md ihre ]Verke, p. 134.
^ Read g !0?i9"&l/'