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
translated out of Latin into English by Thomas Tymme ... Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-P⁴ Q². Show moretranslated out of Latin into English by Thomas Tymme ... Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-P⁴ Q². Show less
In Latin with Dutch in the second cartouche The map covers the area from the Oxus to Sumatramand from the Nile Valley to the coast of Burma. A note... Show moreIn Latin with Dutch in the second cartouche The map covers the area from the Oxus to Sumatramand from the Nile Valley to the coast of Burma. A note on this map is given in the introductory essay. From: Itenerario, Voyage ofte Schipvaert van Jan Huyghen Van Linschoten [etc.] Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00980 Print Map Item-ID: i11402647 BIB-ID: 1172607 (In: Itinerario. Voyage ofte Schipvaert van Jan Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien, etc. p. 10). Show less
