[Kitāb al-masālik wa-al-mamālik The Book of the Paths of Kingdoms] [Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad Istakhri, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad]
( كتاب مسالك الممالك إصطخري، إبراهيم بن محمد)

Name: [Kitāb al-masālik wa-al-mamālik The Book of the Paths of Kingdoms] [Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad Istakhri, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad]
Author: Abu Isḥaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al-Karkhi al-Ishtakhrī

Title	[Kitāb al-masālik wa-al-mamālik The Book of the Paths of Kingdoms] [Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad Istakhri, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad]
Title Original	كتاب مسالك الممالك إصطخري، إبراهيم بن محمد
Author	Abu Isḥaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al-Karkhi al-Ishtakhrī
Publication Date:	18th century (CE, Gregorian)
Subject	1
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	1
Physical Dimensions	320 x 213mm
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	Or 5305
Record ID	vdc_100110632004.0x000001
Library Location	British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date	18th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	A descriptive geography of the Islamic world by Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Fārisī al-Karkhī al-Iṣṭakhrī (Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farsi al-Karkhī al-Iṣṭakhrī, d. 957/98). The present volume's colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. attributes it to the scribe Ibrāhīm ibn Aḥmad Faq[ī]h al-Sīnābī (Ibrahim ibn Aḥmad Faq[ī]h al-Sīnābī, see f. 79r, lines 23-24), and is dated 878/1473-7 This date appears too early considering the paper and condition of the manuscript. A 2021 study describes the present manuscript, including its colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , as an 18th-century copy of Istanbul, Topkapı Saraı Museum Museum, Hagia Sophia 3349, itself a copy of Suleymaniye Museum, Hagia Sophia 2613 [see Danilenko, Nadja, Picturing the Islamicate World: The Story of al-Iṣṭakhrī's Book of Routes and Realms (Leiden: Brill, 2021), pp. 227 , 228 and The text describes the natural features, societies, and main cities and towns and the distances and routes between them, for regions from North Africa to Sind, with most space being given to the descriptions of Iran and its surroundings. The text is accompanied by labeled maps drawn in gold ink, comprising a world map and 20 maps of the regions (ff. 3r [World Map], 6r, 12r, 14r, 15r, 18r, 20v, 21v, 23r, 25v, 28r, 40r, 42v, 45r, 47V, 49V, 52R, 54V, 57V, 60V and 67V). Margins of some folios have been damaged and repaired, possibly indicating the removal of ownership stamps (ff. 2, 18-19, 46 and 78). Begins (f. 1v, lines 1-6): ...And praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds May Allah bless our Prophet Muhammad and his family Praise be to Allah, the originator of blessings and the guardian of Allah Mentioned in the book This State of the Earth on the Kingdoms and their intentions from the country of Islam in detail The cities and their divisions do not relate to the actions of the group on them and do not intend the seven regions that are divided on them The earth but made every piece of the earth (!) a singular picture. Ends (f. 79r, lines 16-22): Who prostrates himself first on the path of revelation The language of ten thousand from the cover to Eastern Currency Criticism Seven Currencies Fraskh wahdudhma Contact from us to Mdwa Farskhan and from us to Khilam ثلاثة فراسخ ومن خيلام إلى سلات Seven fraskh ومن خيلام إلى سلات وبيسكند ليس بها منبر ولكنهما ثغران فلذلك ذكرناهما تمت Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 79r, lines 23-24): Praise be to Allah and to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Ahmad Fiqh al-Sinabi May Allah forgive them and their children and all the believers and the believers and the Muslims and the Muslims
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Edinme Kaynağı	Purchased from Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944), 16 November 1897
ilgili birincil kaynaklar	Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards, A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 37
Seçilmiş kaynakça	Editions: Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, Viae Regnorum descriptio ditionis Moslemicae auctore Abu Ish āk al-Fārisi al-Istakhrī , edited by De Goeje, M. J., Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum, vol. 1 (Leiden: Brill, 1873) Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, al-Mas ālik wa-al-mamālik , edited by Muḥammad Jābir ʿAbd al-ʿĀl al-Ḥīnī and Muḥammad Shafīq Ghurbāl (al-Qāhirah: al-Idārah al-ʿĀmmah lil-Thaqāfah, 1961) Edition of Persian Translation: Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad , Mamālik va masālik , edited by Muḥammad ibn Asʿad ibn ʿAbd Allāh Tustarī (Tehran: Īrāj Afshār, 1994) English Translation: Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad [misattributed to Ibn Ḥawqal], The Oriental Geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian Traveller of the Tenth Century , ed. and trans. by William Ouseley (London: Wilson & Co.,1800) Study: Danilenko, Nadja, Picturing the Islamicate World: The Story of al-Iṣṭakhrī's Book of Routes and Realms (Leiden: Brill, 2021)

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[Kitāb al-masālik wa-al-mamālik The Book of the Paths of Kingdoms] [Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad Istakhri, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad]

( كتاب مسالك الممالك إصطخري، إبراهيم بن محمد)

Author Abu Isḥaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al-Karkhi al-Ishtakhrī

Publication Date 18th century (CE, Gregorian)

Subject 1

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 1

Physical Dimensions 320 x 213mm

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID Or 5305

Record ID vdc_100110632004.0x000001

Library Location British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Date 18th century (CE, Gregorian)

Notes A descriptive geography of the Islamic world by Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Fārisī al-Karkhī al-Iṣṭakhrī (Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farsi al-Karkhī al-Iṣṭakhrī, d. 957/98). The present volume's colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. attributes it to the scribe Ibrāhīm ibn Aḥmad Faq[ī]h al-Sīnābī (Ibrahim ibn Aḥmad Faq[ī]h al-Sīnābī, see f. 79r, lines 23-24), and is dated 878/1473-7 This date appears too early considering the paper and condition of the manuscript. A 2021 study describes the present manuscript, including its colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , as an 18th-century copy of Istanbul, Topkapı Saraı Museum Museum, Hagia Sophia 3349, itself a copy of Suleymaniye Museum, Hagia Sophia 2613 [see Danilenko, Nadja, Picturing the Islamicate World: The Story of al-Iṣṭakhrī's Book of Routes and Realms (Leiden: Brill, 2021), pp. 227 , 228 and The text describes the natural features, societies, and main cities and towns and the distances and routes between them, for regions from North Africa to Sind, with most space being given to the descriptions of Iran and its surroundings. The text is accompanied by labeled maps drawn in gold ink, comprising a world map and 20 maps of the regions (ff. 3r [World Map], 6r, 12r, 14r, 15r, 18r, 20v, 21v, 23r, 25v, 28r, 40r, 42v, 45r, 47V, 49V, 52R, 54V, 57V, 60V and 67V). Margins of some folios have been damaged and repaired, possibly indicating the removal of ownership stamps (ff. 2, 18-19, 46 and 78). Begins (f. 1v, lines 1-6): ...And praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds May Allah bless our Prophet Muhammad and his family Praise be to Allah, the originator of blessings and the guardian of Allah Mentioned in the book This State of the Earth on the Kingdoms and their intentions from the country of Islam in detail The cities and their divisions do not relate to the actions of the group on them and do not intend the seven regions that are divided on them The earth but made every piece of the earth (!) a singular picture. Ends (f. 79r, lines 16-22): Who prostrates himself first on the path of revelation The language of ten thousand from the cover to Eastern Currency Criticism Seven Currencies Fraskh wahdudhma Contact from us to Mdwa Farskhan and from us to Khilam ثلاثة فراسخ ومن خيلام إلى سلات Seven fraskh ومن خيلام إلى سلات وبيسكند ليس بها منبر ولكنهما ثغران فلذلك ذكرناهما تمت Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 79r, lines 23-24): Praise be to Allah and to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Ahmad Fiqh al-Sinabi May Allah forgive them and their children and all the believers and the believers and the Muslims and the Muslims

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Edinme Kaynağı Purchased from Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944), 16 November 1897

ilgili birincil kaynaklar Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards, A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 37

Seçilmiş kaynakça Editions: Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, Viae Regnorum descriptio ditionis Moslemicae auctore Abu Ish āk al-Fārisi al-Istakhrī , edited by De Goeje, M. J., Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum, vol. 1 (Leiden: Brill, 1873) Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, al-Mas ālik wa-al-mamālik , edited by Muḥammad Jābir ʿAbd al-ʿĀl al-Ḥīnī and Muḥammad Shafīq Ghurbāl (al-Qāhirah: al-Idārah al-ʿĀmmah lil-Thaqāfah, 1961) Edition of Persian Translation: Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad , Mamālik va masālik , edited by Muḥammad ibn Asʿad ibn ʿAbd Allāh Tustarī (Tehran: Īrāj Afshār, 1994) English Translation: Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad [misattributed to Ibn Ḥawqal], The Oriental Geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian Traveller of the Tenth Century , ed. and trans. by William Ouseley (London: Wilson & Co.,1800) Study: Danilenko, Nadja, Picturing the Islamicate World: The Story of al-Iṣṭakhrī's Book of Routes and Realms (Leiden: Brill, 2021)