, ▁as ▁Lane ▁merely ▁refers ▁to ▁it ▁ly ▁as ▁" the ▁work ▁of ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁writers ▁above ▁quoted ". ▁ ▁Arab ic ▁sources ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁Islam ic ▁cosm ographical ▁treat ises , ▁of ▁more ▁or ▁less ▁similar ▁content . ▁ ▁There ▁can ▁occur ▁certain ▁dis cre pan cies ▁in ▁Western ▁transl ations , ▁even ▁when ▁there ▁are ▁no ▁text ual ▁differences ▁in ▁the ▁Arab ic . ▁The ▁creature , ▁named ▁Bah am ut ▁or ▁Bal h ut ▁in ▁these ▁sources , ▁can ▁be ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁fish ▁or ▁wh ale ▁according ▁to ▁translation , ▁since ▁the ▁original ▁Arab ic ▁word ▁h ū t ▁( ح و ت ) ▁can ▁mean ▁either . ▁Also , ▁the ▁gem ▁compr ising ▁the ▁sl ab ▁beneath ▁the ▁ang el ' s ▁feet , ▁in ▁Arab ic ▁y ā q ū t ▁() ▁is ▁of ▁ambigu ous ▁meaning , ▁and ▁can ▁be ▁rendered ▁as ▁" ruby ", ▁or ▁various ly ▁otherwise . ▁ ▁Cos m ography ▁ ▁Q az w ini ▁group ▁Al - D ami ri ▁( d . ▁ 1 4 0 5 ) ▁on ▁authority ▁of ▁W ah b ▁ibn ▁Mun abb ih ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁Lane ' s ▁sources , ▁possibly ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁his ▁main ▁summary . ▁His ▁description ▁of ▁" B ah m ût " ▁( F rench ▁translation ) ▁matches ▁Lane ' s ▁summary ▁down ▁to ▁certain ▁key ▁details . ▁However , ▁there ▁seems ▁to ▁be ▁dis cre pan cies ▁in ▁using ▁" a ▁heap ▁of