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Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "A foreigner, who claimed to be a convert to Islam at the hands of Walîd ibn 'Abd al-Malik, stands on the lighthouse of Alexandria and chips away at the masonry with a pick because he believes that the wealth of Alexander is to be found beneath it" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1540 - 1545. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36250750-28ec-0138-8835-491d3639a52f
Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "A foreigner, who claimed to be a convert to Islam at the hands of Walîd ibn 'Abd al-Malik, stands on the lighthouse of Alexandria and chips away at the masonry with a pick because he believes that the wealth of Alexander is to be found beneath it" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36250750-28ec-0138-8835-491d3639a52f
Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. (1540 - 1545). A foreigner, who claimed to be a convert to Islam at the hands of Walîd ibn 'Abd al-Malik, stands on the lighthouse of Alexandria and chips away at the masonry with a pick because he believes that the wealth of Alexander is to be found beneath it Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36250750-28ec-0138-8835-491d3639a52f
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A foreigner, who claimed to be a convert to Islam at the hands of Walîd ibn 'Abd al-Malik, stands on the lighthouse of Alexandria and chips away at the masonry with a pick because he believes that the wealth of Alexander is to be found beneath it, (1540 - 1545)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 28, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>