Author
National Library of France, National Library of France, National Library of France, National Library of France
Publication Date
2025
Publication Place
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National Library of France
Subject
- A strange book about the conditions of countries. A strange book about the conditions of countries - The book about the shape of the earth and its amount in length and land, known as geography. The book about the shape of the earth and its amount in length and land, known as geography. Salih Ibn Mustafa Al-Iṣṭaḫrī
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
53
Physical Dimensions
350 x 265 mm. 23 lignes par page.
Library
Contacts au Catalogue Collectif de France (CCFr)
Library Asset ID
Arabe 2214
Record ID
eadbam:EADC:NE009816_FRBNFEAD0000129923017
Library Location
National Library of France. Department of Manuscripts
Date
1445-1446
Notes
FRBAMCCFR-000011-01a.xml FRBAMCCFR-000011-01b.xml FRBAMCCFR-000011-01c.xml FRBAMCCFR-000011-01d.xml Other file(s) linked to this institution: FRBAMCCFR-000011-01f.xml FRBAMCCFR-000011-01g.xml FRBAMCCFR-000011-01h.xml FRBAMCCFR-000011-01i.xml FRBAMCCFR-000011-01j.xml FRBAMCCFR-000011-01k.xml FRBAMCCFR-000011-01l.xml FRBAMCCFR-000011-01m.xml FRBAMCCFR-000011-01n.xml. GAL, Suppl. I, 408. A. Vernay-Nouri, A. Caiozzo, "Africa between cartographers and cosmographers: imagination and representation of Ibn Ḥawqal in Prī Re'īs according to the collections of the BNF" in Maps and geomantics, December 2011, 210, p. 37-51. C. T. Benchekroun, "Requiem for Ibn Hawqal. On the hypothesis of the Fatimid spy", in Journal Asiatique, 304.2, 2016, pp. 193-211, Peeters. ; Orbis disciplinae: tributes in honor of Patrick Gautier Dalché, dir. Nathalie BOULOUX, Anca DAN and Georges TOLIAS, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers n. v., 2017, cited p. 389 n. 73; Treasures of Islam in Africa: from Timbuktu to Zanzibar. Milan, Paris, Silvana Editoriale, Institut du Monde Arabe, 2017, [Exhibition Treasures of Islam in Africa: from Timbuktu to Zanzibar, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, April 14-July 30, 2017] Mapping the world, perspectives from asian cartography, National Library Board (Singapore), 2021., See the typewritten notes by Georges Vajda for the Arabic manuscripts 2055 to 2399.. GAL, Suppl. I, 408. A. Vernay-Nouri, A. Caiozzo, "Africa between cartographers and cosmographers: imagination and representation of Ibn Ḥawqal in Prī Re'īs according to the collections of the BNF" in Maps and geomantics, December 2011, 210, p. 37-51. C. T. Benchekroun, "Requiem for Ibn Hawqal. On the hypothesis of the Fatimid spy", in Journal Asiatique, 304.2, 2016, pp. 193-211, Peeters. ; Orbis disciplinae: tributes in honor of Patrick Gautier Dalché, dir. Nathalie BOULOUX, Anca DAN and Georges TOLIAS, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers n. v., 2017, cited p. 389 n. 73; Treasures of Islam in Africa: from Timbuktu to Zanzibar. Milan, Paris, Silvana Editoriale, Institut du Monde Arabe, 2017, [Exhibition Treasures of Islam in Africa: from Timbuktu to Zanzibar, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, April 14-July 30, 2017] Mapping the world, perspectives from asian cartography, National Library Board (Singapore), 2021., See the typewritten notes by Georges Vajda for the Arabic manuscripts 2055 to 2399.. Marginal notes and corrections. Interlinear glosses in Turkish on the first leaves. Oriental pagination. Table by Michel Sabbagh. Two titles on f. 1: Kitāb ʿağīb al-ša'n fī aḥwāl al-buldān and Kitāb hay'at aškāl al-arḍ w-miqdārihā fī al-ṭūl wa-al-ʿarḍ al-maʿrūf bi-ğūġrāfiyya. W. M. G. de Slane's description attributes the work to al-Istaḫrī: The ms. contains the following cards: Fol. 3: Map of the northern hemisphere (without nomenclature). Fol. 4: Trace of the Indian Sea, south of Arabia. Fol. 5: The Indian Sea, Arabia and the lower reaches of the Euphrates. (The map and description of Mauritania and the beginning of the description of Arabia are missing.) Fol. 10: The Mediterranean. Fol. 12: Lower Egypt. Fol. 13 v°: The upper course of the Nile. Fol. 18: Mesopotamia. Fol. 21 v°: Iraq. Fol. 24 v°: Khuzestan. Fol. 25 v°: The Kirman. Fol. 29 v°: Fars. Fol. 30 v°: Sindh. Fol. 32: Armenia, Adserbaijan and Arran. Fol. 34: The Djibal. Fol. 36: The Djabal and the Ṭabaristan. Fol. 37: The Khazar Sea (the Caspian Sea). Fol. 39 v°: The desert which separates Fars and Khorâsan. Fol. 42: Sidjistan. Fol. 45 v°, 46 r°: Khorâsan. Fol. 53: Planisphere. Copied in 849 h. / 1445-1446 (f. 51v).. Mark in the name of Ṣāliḥ ibn Muṣṭafā.
Sample Text
Table by Michel Sabbagh. Two titles on f. 1: Kitāb ʿağīb al-ša'n fī aḥwāl al-buldān and Kitāb hay'at aškāl al-arḍ w-miqdārihā fī al-ṭūl wa-al-ʿarḍ al-maʿrūf bi-ğūġrāfiyya. W. M. G. de Slane's description attributes the work to al-Istaḫrī: The ms. contains the following cards: Fol. 3: Map of the northern hemisphere (without nomenclature). Fol. 4: Trace of the Indian Sea, south of Arabia. Fol. 5: The Indian Sea, Arabia and the lower reaches of the Euphrates. (The map and description of Mauritania and the beginning of the description of Arabia are missing.) Fol. 10: The Mediterranean. Fol. 12: Lower Egypt. Fol. 13 v°: The upper course of the Nile. Fol. 18: Mesopotamia. Fol. 21 v°: Iraq. Fol. 24 v°: Khuzestan. Fol. 25 v°: The Kirman. Fol. 29 v°: Fars. Fol. 30 v°: Sindh. Fol. 32: Armenia, Adserbaijan and Arran. Fol. 34: The Djibal. Fol. 36: The Djabal and the Ṭabaristan. Fol. 37: The Khazar Sea (the Caspian Sea). Fol. 39 v°: The desert which separates Fars and Khorâsan. Fol. 42: Sidjistan. Fol. 45 v°, 46 r°: Khorâsan. Fol. 53: Planisphere. Copied in 849 h. / 1445-1446 (f. 51v).
Eski Raf Numarası
Ancien fonds arabe 582, 103
Eski Raf Numaraları
Ancien fonds arabe 582, 103
Erişim Koşulları
Communication exceptionnelle, soumise à l’autorisation du directeur du département, sur demande motivée.
İllüstrasyon/Resimleme
20 cartes
Araştırma Aracının Başlığı
Manuscrits et fonds d'archives
Araştırma Aracının Dilleri
Notice rédigée en
Belgelerin Fiziksel Konumu
Réserve
Edinme Yöntemleri (Alternatif Yazım)
Acquis à Constantinople au début du XVIIIe s.
Alt Başlık
Département des Manuscrits. Arabe.
Taşıyıcı Ortam/Materyal
Papier.
Yazı/El Yazısı
Titres rubriqués. Texte vocalisé