Author
Masʻūdī, -956? Author info »
Author Original
Goeje, M. J. de (Michael Jan), 1836-1909.
Publication Date
2014
Publication Place
Leiden -
Brill
Subject
Geography, Arab > Early works to 1800. World history > Early works to 1800.
Type
Book
Language
ara,lat
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
508
Physical Dimensions
xliii, 508 pages ; 24 cm.
Library
The Cornell University Library
Library Asset ID
9789004258754 9004258752
Record ID
8296410
Library Location
Cornell University Library
Date
2014
Notes
"M.J. de Goeje's Classic Edition (1894) with indices and glossary to BGA I:7-8."
Sample Text
Al-Mas'udi composed his 'Kitab al-Tanbih wal-ishraf' in the years 955 and 956, finishing it not long before his death. Based in part on earlier historical-geographical works, it offers a description of astronomical and meteorological phenomena; the divisions of the earth; the seas; ancient nations; universal chronology, and then the history of Islam until the caliphate of al-Muti (r. 946-74).
Seri
Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum ; I;8.