Author
Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, -957 or 958. Author info »
Author Original
Muḥammad ibn Ḥauḳal, 10th century. Balkhī, Aḥmad ibn Sahl, 849 or 850-934. Ouseley, William, 1767-1842.
Publication Date
1800
Publication Place
London -
Printed by Wilson for T. Cadell
Subject
Middle East > Historical geography. Egypt > Historical geography.
Type
kitap
Language
eng,fas
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
xxxvi, 327 p. fold. map. 28 cm.
Library
The Cornell University Library
Record ID
4710489
Library Location
Cornell University Library
Date
1800
Notes
English title preceded by title in Persian. From a Persian version of the "Masālik al-mamālik." cf. Pref., p. iii. Ascribed by Ouseley in his translation to Muḥammad ibn Ḥauḳal and by Sprenger in the catalogue of his manuscripts (no. 1) to Aḥmad ibn Sahl (Abü Zaid) al-Balkhī. In 921 al-Balkhī wrote a geographical work in which the maps were the important part. Ca. 951, al-Iṣṭakhrī wrote a revision of al-Balkhī's work, commonly known as the "Kitāb al-aḳāiīm," in which he extended the description of places. A second revision of al-Balkhī's work was made ca. 977 by Ibn Ḥauḳal. cf. M. J. de Goeje, Die Istakhrī-Balkhī frage (in Zeitschrift der Deutschen morgenländischen geselischaft, 25. bd., 1871, p. 42-58) and C. Brockelmann, Geschichte der arabischen litteratur, 1898, bd. 1, p. 229.
İlişkili eser
Kitāb masālik wa mamālik.
