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Ṣuwar al-aqālīm, by al-Istakhrī

Title	Ṣuwar al-aqālīm, by al-Istakhrī
Publication Date:	1200-1300 (undated)
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	33.5 cm x 26.5 cm x 5 cm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Ar 3007
Library Location	Arabic collection
Date	1200-1300 (undated)
Notes	Ṣuwar al-aqālīm, by al-Istakhrī. Codex, ink and colours on paper, 205 folios, leather bookbinding with gold decoration, Arabic text in naskh script with main title and image captions in large angular script, with 21 labelled maps, each with red silk thread piercing the folio (or traces of this, added as a page-marker system), Forms of the geographical regions or zones (Ṣuwar al-aqālīm) also known as Book of routes and realms (Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik), by Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Fārisī al-Iṣṭakhrī (active c. 950, alternatively named here on title page as Abū al-`Abbās Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm), introductory chapter providing global overview (fol. 1r: circular table of latitude zones, in Persian, fol. 4r: world map and surrounding ocean, Ṣūrat al-arḍ wa al-Baḥr al-Muḥīṭ), followed by 20 chapters describing 20 regions, covering physical geography, urban centres, cultural history, and inter-city distances, each with full page regional map: (1: fol. 12v) Arabia (Diyār al-`Arab), (2: fol. 24v), Persian Sea (Ṣūra Baḥr Fāris), (3: fol. 29v) North Africa (Ṣūrat al-Maghrib), (4: fol. 37v) Egypt (Diyār Miṣr), (5: fol. 42v) Syria (Ṣūrat al-Shām), (6: fol. 51v) Mediterranean Sea (Ṣūra Baḥr al-Rūm), (7: fol. 54r) al-Jazira, northern Iraq (Ṣūrat al-Jazīra), (8: fol. 58r) Iraq (Ṣūrat al-`Irāq), (9: fol. 64v) Khuzistan (Ṣūra Khūzistān), (10: fol. 69v) Fars (Ṣūra Fārs), (11: fol. 97v) Kerman province (Ṣūra Kermān), (12: fol. 103r) Sind (Ṣūrat al-Sind), (13: fol. 109v) Azerbaijan (Ṣūrat al-Adharbayjān), (14: fol. 118r) Jibal (Ṣūrat al-Jibāl), (15: fol. 124r) Daylam (Ṣūrat al-Daylam), (16: fol. 131r) Caspian Sea (Baḥr al-Khazar), (17: fol. 138r) Desert between Fars and Khurasan (Ṣūrat mufāza Fārs wa Khurāsān), (18: fol. 145r) Sijistān (Ṣūra Sijistān), (19: fol. 152v) Khurasan (Ṣūra Khurāsān), (20: fols. 168v-169r) Transoxiana (Ṣūra mā warā al-nahr), colophon (fol. 204v) unsigned, possibly Iraq or Iran, undated, c. 1200-1300.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Leather (material), Gold, Silk
Nesne Adı	Codex
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script

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Ṣuwar al-aqālīm, by al-Istakhrī

Publication Date 1200-1300 (undated)

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 33.5 cm x 26.5 cm x 5 cm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Ar 3007

Library Location Arabic collection

Date 1200-1300 (undated)

Notes Ṣuwar al-aqālīm, by al-Istakhrī. Codex, ink and colours on paper, 205 folios, leather bookbinding with gold decoration, Arabic text in naskh script with main title and image captions in large angular script, with 21 labelled maps, each with red silk thread piercing the folio (or traces of this, added as a page-marker system), Forms of the geographical regions or zones (Ṣuwar al-aqālīm) also known as Book of routes and realms (Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik), by Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Fārisī al-Iṣṭakhrī (active c. 950, alternatively named here on title page as Abū al-`Abbās Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm), introductory chapter providing global overview (fol. 1r: circular table of latitude zones, in Persian, fol. 4r: world map and surrounding ocean, Ṣūrat al-arḍ wa al-Baḥr al-Muḥīṭ), followed by 20 chapters describing 20 regions, covering physical geography, urban centres, cultural history, and inter-city distances, each with full page regional map: (1: fol. 12v) Arabia (Diyār al-`Arab), (2: fol. 24v), Persian Sea (Ṣūra Baḥr Fāris), (3: fol. 29v) North Africa (Ṣūrat al-Maghrib), (4: fol. 37v) Egypt (Diyār Miṣr), (5: fol. 42v) Syria (Ṣūrat al-Shām), (6: fol. 51v) Mediterranean Sea (Ṣūra Baḥr al-Rūm), (7: fol. 54r) al-Jazira, northern Iraq (Ṣūrat al-Jazīra), (8: fol. 58r) Iraq (Ṣūrat al-`Irāq), (9: fol. 64v) Khuzistan (Ṣūra Khūzistān), (10: fol. 69v) Fars (Ṣūra Fārs), (11: fol. 97v) Kerman province (Ṣūra Kermān), (12: fol. 103r) Sind (Ṣūrat al-Sind), (13: fol. 109v) Azerbaijan (Ṣūrat al-Adharbayjān), (14: fol. 118r) Jibal (Ṣūrat al-Jibāl), (15: fol. 124r) Daylam (Ṣūrat al-Daylam), (16: fol. 131r) Caspian Sea (Baḥr al-Khazar), (17: fol. 138r) Desert between Fars and Khurasan (Ṣūrat mufāza Fārs wa Khurāsān), (18: fol. 145r) Sijistān (Ṣūra Sijistān), (19: fol. 152v) Khurasan (Ṣūra Khurāsān), (20: fols. 168v-169r) Transoxiana (Ṣūra mā warā al-nahr), colophon (fol. 204v) unsigned, possibly Iraq or Iran, undated, c. 1200-1300.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Leather (material), Gold, Silk

Nesne Adı Codex

Yazı Tipi Naskh script