Manuscript on geography.

Name: Manuscript on geography.
Author: Copied by Muhammad bin' Abd al-Rahman al-Qirsh. The first two pages were decorated by Muhammad al-'Arari.

İsim	Manuscript on geography.
Yazar	Copied by Muhammad bin' Abd al-Rahman al-Qirsh. The first two pages were decorated by Muhammad al-'Arari.
Basım Tarihi:	Hegira 741 / AD 1340.
Basım Yeri	Possibly Hama, Syria. -
Konu	Mamluk — Ink on paper, gilded frontispiece.
Tür	Kitap
Dil	Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	Length 33 cm, width 23 cm, depth 3.6 cm.
Kütüphane:	Museum With No Frontiers
Demirbaş Numarası	ع / 14689
Kayıt Numarası	ISL_sy_Mus01_32
Lokasyon	National Museum of Damascus
Tarih	Hegira 741 / AD 1340.
Notlar	This geographical manuscriptTaqwim al-Buldan(“The Almanac of Countries”) is a well-known medieval Muslim work on geography written by an Ayyubid prince by the name of Abu'l Fida (d. AH 732 / AD 1331). The text is systematically descriptive. It is supported by information in tables based on rational and scientific observation in a manner similar to modern studies. The information used to compile the tables is judged to have come mostly from the Arabic translations and modifications of Ptolemy written by al-Biruni andIbnSa'id al-Maghrebi and other scientists. The manuscript was completed in AH 721 / AD 1321, and, upon publication, it superseded all previous geographical texts. This copy was made a generation later, during the Mamluk period, by Muhammadbin'Abd al-Rahman al-Qirsh. Thefrontispiecewas painted by Muhammad al-'Arari.Thefrontispieceis highly ornamented, with a gilded frame surrounding the opening text of the book. The title and the name of the ruler who sponsored it are written in white letters on an intricate blue and gold background. Vegetal patterns cover both the frame and the area surrounding the text. There is a line of text in gold above the frame, as well as a delicate, but slightly smudged, note in the bottom margin.Also pictured is an example of one of the book's tables. It is arranged into simple, plain boxes filled with small, black handwriting and large, red labelling.The author, Abu'l Fida, was an Ayyubid prince and scholar who was born in Damascus in 1273 and died in Hama in AH 732 / AD 1331. He is also famous for writingMukhtasar ta'rikh al-bashar(“A Summary of Human History”) a complied history of the pre-Islamic and Islamic periods up to AH 729 / AD 1329 that was popular in his time and later with the 18th-century European Orientalists.
Örnek Metin	This important manuscript is a work of encyclopaedic scope and includes a highly ornatefrontispiecetypical of the Mamluk period. It was composed by the Damascene Ayyubid Prince al-Malikal-Mu'ayyad 'Imad al-Din Isma'il Abu'l Fida (d. AH 732 / AD 1331) and this copy was made a generation later. — Purchased in 1961. — The manuscript specifies that this copy was completed on Friday 3 Jamada al-Akhar 741 (24 November 1340). — It is possible that the manuscript was produced in Hama, an assertion based on the text at the beginning of the book that reads: “Sultan 'Imad al-Din Isma'il, Sahib Hama Abu al-Fida, who thought up [the idea for] this book. This geographical book relies on compilation of ideas and copying like an almanac of countries. It divides the ancient world into regions.” This does not establish provenance for certain, for it is possible that the copying and frontispiece painting took place in Damascus or Aleppo in the name of the ruler of Hama.
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Mona AL-MOADIN
Seçili bibliyografya	Abu al-Faraj al-Ush, M.,A Concise Guide to the National Museum of Damascus,Damascus, 1969.Cahen, C., “Ayyubids”,Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. I, Leiden, 1979, p.804.

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Manuscript on geography.

Yazar Copied by Muhammad bin' Abd al-Rahman al-Qirsh. The first two pages were decorated by Muhammad al-'Arari.

Basım Tarihi Hegira 741 / AD 1340.

Basım Yeri Possibly Hama, Syria. -

Konu Mamluk — Ink on paper, gilded frontispiece.

Tür Kitap

Dil Belirlenmemiş dil

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar Length 33 cm, width 23 cm, depth 3.6 cm.

Kütüphane Museum With No Frontiers

Demirbaş Numarası ع / 14689

Kayıt Numarası ISL_sy_Mus01_32

Lokasyon National Museum of Damascus

Tarih Hegira 741 / AD 1340.

Notlar This geographical manuscriptTaqwim al-Buldan(“The Almanac of Countries”) is a well-known medieval Muslim work on geography written by an Ayyubid prince by the name of Abu'l Fida (d. AH 732 / AD 1331). The text is systematically descriptive. It is supported by information in tables based on rational and scientific observation in a manner similar to modern studies. The information used to compile the tables is judged to have come mostly from the Arabic translations and modifications of Ptolemy written by al-Biruni andIbnSa'id al-Maghrebi and other scientists. The manuscript was completed in AH 721 / AD 1321, and, upon publication, it superseded all previous geographical texts. This copy was made a generation later, during the Mamluk period, by Muhammadbin'Abd al-Rahman al-Qirsh. Thefrontispiecewas painted by Muhammad al-'Arari.Thefrontispieceis highly ornamented, with a gilded frame surrounding the opening text of the book. The title and the name of the ruler who sponsored it are written in white letters on an intricate blue and gold background. Vegetal patterns cover both the frame and the area surrounding the text. There is a line of text in gold above the frame, as well as a delicate, but slightly smudged, note in the bottom margin.Also pictured is an example of one of the book's tables. It is arranged into simple, plain boxes filled with small, black handwriting and large, red labelling.The author, Abu'l Fida, was an Ayyubid prince and scholar who was born in Damascus in 1273 and died in Hama in AH 732 / AD 1331. He is also famous for writingMukhtasar ta'rikh al-bashar(“A Summary of Human History”) a complied history of the pre-Islamic and Islamic periods up to AH 729 / AD 1329 that was popular in his time and later with the 18th-century European Orientalists.

Örnek Metin This important manuscript is a work of encyclopaedic scope and includes a highly ornatefrontispiecetypical of the Mamluk period. It was composed by the Damascene Ayyubid Prince al-Malikal-Mu'ayyad 'Imad al-Din Isma'il Abu'l Fida (d. AH 732 / AD 1331) and this copy was made a generation later. — Purchased in 1961. — The manuscript specifies that this copy was completed on Friday 3 Jamada al-Akhar 741 (24 November 1340). — It is possible that the manuscript was produced in Hama, an assertion based on the text at the beginning of the book that reads: “Sultan 'Imad al-Din Isma'il, Sahib Hama Abu al-Fida, who thought up [the idea for] this book. This geographical book relies on compilation of ideas and copying like an almanac of countries. It divides the ancient world into regions.” This does not establish provenance for certain, for it is possible that the copying and frontispiece painting took place in Damascus or Aleppo in the name of the ruler of Hama.

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Mona AL-MOADIN

Seçili bibliyografya Abu al-Faraj al-Ush, M.,A Concise Guide to the National Museum of Damascus,Damascus, 1969.Cahen, C., “Ayyubids”,Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. I, Leiden, 1979, p.804.