World history--Early works to 1800, D17 .M37 2014, 909
Al-Mas'udi composed his 'Kitab al-Tanbih wal-ishraf' in the years 955 and 956, finishing it not long before his death. Based in part on earlier... Show moreAl-Mas'udi composed his 'Kitab al-Tanbih wal-ishraf' in the years 955 and 956, finishing it not long before his death. Based in part on earlier historical-geographical works, it offers a description of astronomical and meteorological phenomena; the divisions of the earth; the seas; ancient nations; universal chronology, and then the history of Islam until the caliphate of al-Muti (r. 946-74). li-Abi al-Hasan Ali b. al-Husayn al-Masudi ; M.J. de Goeje's classic edition (1894) with indices and glossary to BGA I:7-8. Main Heritage Compact General D17 .M37 2014 Reference Item-ID: i22243276 BIB-ID: 1886527 Work is in Arabic, with introduction and notes in Latin and title page in English. Show less
Geography, Medieval, Description and travel, DS46 .I88 2014, 915.6041
Little is known about the life of Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhim b. Muḥammad al-Iṣṭakhrī, the author of Kitāb al-Masalik wa l-mamālik , which was written... Show moreLittle is known about the life of Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhim b. Muḥammad al-Iṣṭakhrī, the author of Kitāb al-Masalik 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. auctore Abu Ishák al-Fárisí al-Istakhrí. Title page states: "M.J. de Goeje's classic edition (1870)". Title in Latin transcription: Viae regnorum : descriptio ditionis Moslemicae / auctore Abu Ishák al-Fárisí al Istakhrí ; edidit M.J. de Goeje. Photo mechanical reprint of the 1870 edition. Main Heritage Compact General DS46 .I88 2014 Reference Item-ID: i22369259 BIB-ID: 1886538 Text in Arabic with preface in Latin. Show less