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Kitāb al-Masālik wa l-mamālik by Abū Isḥāq al-Iṣṭakhrī

Kitāb al-Masālik wa l-mamālik by Abū Isḥāq al-Iṣṭakhrī

De Goeje, M. J.

Paperback

Series: Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum, Book 1

General Asian HistoryGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryGeography

ISBN10: 900425868X
ISBN13: 9789004258686
Publisher: Brill
Published: May 28 2014
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.85 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.21
Language: Arabic
Little is known about the life of Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad al-Iṣṭakhrī, the author of Kitāb al-Masālik wa l-mamālik, which was written towards the end of the first half of the 10th century CE. The work built on the earlier concept of the atlas of Islam, which it developed further. The climates (iqlīm) it describes are no longer those of Ptolemean geography, but, reflecting the Iranian tradition, refer to geographical entities or countries. Also reflecting the author's background--whose most common nisba is al-Fārisī--Iran holds a favoured position on this work. Published in 1870, the present edition by M.J. de Goeje was the first volume in the first series of the Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum.

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