Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْبَرِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ يَعْنِي النَّيْسَابُورِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ الرَّازِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الْعَزِيزِ بْنَ يَحْيَى الْمَدَنِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ أَنَسٍ يَقُولُ جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَبِ الْمَدِينَةُ وَمَكَّةُ وَالْيَمَنُ فَأَمَّا مِصْرُ فَمِنْ بِلَادِ الْمَغْرِبِ وَالشَّامُ مِنْ بِلَادِ الرُّومِ وَالْعِرَاقُ مِنْ بِلَادْ فَارِسَ
English Translation
Abu 'Abdullah informed us, I heard Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Muhammad al-'Anbari say: I heard Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Salih — meaning al-Naysaburi — say: I heard 'Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Razi say: I heard 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Yahya al-Madani say: I heard Malik ibn Anas say: The Arabian Peninsula is Madinah, Makkah, and Yemen. As for Egypt, it is from the lands of the Maghreb (the West). Syria is from the lands of the Romans. And Iraq is from the lands of Persia.