Kitab al-Masalik wa’l-Mamalik of al-Istakhri

Name: Kitab al-Masalik wa’l-Mamalik of al-Istakhri
Author: Written by al-Istakhri

İsim	Kitab al-Masalik wa’l-Mamalik of al-Istakhri
Yazar	Written by al-Istakhri
Basım Tarihi:	AH 706 / AD 1306–07
Basım Yeri	Iran, perhaps Isfahan -
Konu	Ilkhanids — ink, gold, silver and opaque watercolour on paper; contemporary leather binding
Tür	Kitap
Dil	Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	25cm x 15cm
Kütüphane:	Museum With No Frontiers
Demirbaş Numarası	MSS 972
Kayıt Numarası	GalEx6_uk_Mus82_3
Lokasyon	Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art
Tarih	AH 706 / AD 1306–07
Notlar	The AH 4th / AD 10th-century Persian geographer al-Istakhri was one of the most important figures in the evolution of Arab cartography. He travelled widely, but his account of Arabia (Hijaz, Yemen and the Gulf) is curiously sketchy, particularly given the importance of the Pilgrimage. This is partly because, as the title of this treatise,Kitabal-masalik wa’l-mamalik(‘the book of postal routes and kingdoms’), suggests, it is based on lists of stations on the postal routes of theAbbasidheartlands and in Iran, which were not available for Arabia and Egypt.In its present state the manuscript is incomplete. It opens with a splendid page of illumination in gold and silver, and on the penultimate page (folio 120a) is a colophon with the date AH 706 / AD 1307, possibly a later addition. It contains the following maps: Arabia (Hijaz, Yemen and the Gulf); Egypt; the Mediterranean (Bahr-i Rum); Iraq (central and upper Mesopotamia); Khuzistan; Fars;Kirman; Sind; lower Mesopotamia and western Iran (‘Iraq-i ‘Ajam); Tabaristan; the Caspian; the central Iranian desert between Fars andKhurasan;Khurasan; Central Asia, from Transcaspia to beyond Bukhara; Ceylon (Sarandib), with Adam’s Peak and the west coast of India. The map of Sind is a later replacement, and a number of maps announced in the text are now missing. They were obviously lost when the original manuscript was unbound, perhaps for repairs, and the remaining folios rebound in the wrong order.
Örnek Metin	dated AH 706 (AD 1306–7).
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Qaisra KHAN
Seçili bibliyografya	Rogers, J.M.,The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London: Thames & Hudson, 2010: cat.198, pp. 166-167.

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Kitab al-Masalik wa’l-Mamalik of al-Istakhri

Yazar Written by al-Istakhri

Basım Tarihi AH 706 / AD 1306–07

Basım Yeri Iran, perhaps Isfahan -

Konu Ilkhanids — ink, gold, silver and opaque watercolour on paper; contemporary leather binding

Tür Kitap

Dil Belirlenmemiş dil

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar 25cm x 15cm

Kütüphane Museum With No Frontiers

Demirbaş Numarası MSS 972

Kayıt Numarası GalEx6_uk_Mus82_3

Lokasyon Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art

Tarih AH 706 / AD 1306–07

Notlar The AH 4th / AD 10th-century Persian geographer al-Istakhri was one of the most important figures in the evolution of Arab cartography. He travelled widely, but his account of Arabia (Hijaz, Yemen and the Gulf) is curiously sketchy, particularly given the importance of the Pilgrimage. This is partly because, as the title of this treatise,Kitabal-masalik wa’l-mamalik(‘the book of postal routes and kingdoms’), suggests, it is based on lists of stations on the postal routes of theAbbasidheartlands and in Iran, which were not available for Arabia and Egypt.In its present state the manuscript is incomplete. It opens with a splendid page of illumination in gold and silver, and on the penultimate page (folio 120a) is a colophon with the date AH 706 / AD 1307, possibly a later addition. It contains the following maps: Arabia (Hijaz, Yemen and the Gulf); Egypt; the Mediterranean (Bahr-i Rum); Iraq (central and upper Mesopotamia); Khuzistan; Fars;Kirman; Sind; lower Mesopotamia and western Iran (‘Iraq-i ‘Ajam); Tabaristan; the Caspian; the central Iranian desert between Fars andKhurasan;Khurasan; Central Asia, from Transcaspia to beyond Bukhara; Ceylon (Sarandib), with Adam’s Peak and the west coast of India. The map of Sind is a later replacement, and a number of maps announced in the text are now missing. They were obviously lost when the original manuscript was unbound, perhaps for repairs, and the remaining folios rebound in the wrong order.

Örnek Metin dated AH 706 (AD 1306–7).

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Qaisra KHAN

Seçili bibliyografya Rogers, J.M.,The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London: Thames & Hudson, 2010: cat.198, pp. 166-167.