[ILLUSTRATED SELECTIONS FROM AN ARABIC 14TH CENTURY TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF AFRICA] Wasf Ifrîqîyah wa-al-Maghrib wa-al-Andalus awâsit al-qarn al- thamin lil-Hijrah: Muqtataf min kitâb Masâlik al-absâr fī mamâlik al- amsâr. [i.e. Description of Africa, Morocco and Andalusia in the middle of the eighth century of migration].
Language: Arabic
Published by Majallat al-Badr., [AH 1338 - ca. 1922], Tunisia, 1922
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Khalkedon Rare Books ABA, ILAB, IOBA, ESA, Istanbul, TurkeyKhalkedon Rare Books ABA, ILAB, IOBA, ESA
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 325.33
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Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Arabic. 50 p., b/w plates. First edition of this rare excerpt book to "Masâlik al-absâr fī mamâlik al- amsâr" by Arab-Mamluk statesman, geographer and historian Shihâb al-Dîn Aḥmad ibn Yahyâ al-'Umarî al-ma'rûf bi-Ibn Fadl Allâh al-Kâtib al-Dimashqî, (1301-1349). "Masâlik al-absâr fī mamâlik al- amsâr" is an account of the Mohammedan kingdoms of the west, excluding Egypt, by Shihâb al-Dîn, who was descended from an old Arab family. The countries described in the book are Abyssinia, Kanem, Nubia, Mali, the Kingdom of the Berber mountains, Ifriqiya, Morocco, and Andalusia. This rare pamphlet includes North Africa (Maghreb) and Andalusia sections of Shihâb al-Dîn's book with a commentary by Al-Wahhâb. Al-Wahhâb was a polygraph and scholar born into a family of dignitaries and high officials of the Tunisian state. OCLC 78694883, 235966687, 863484408.
Seller Inventory # 054638
Bibliographic details
- Title
- [ILLUSTRATED SELECTIONS FROM AN ARABIC 14TH CENTURY TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF AFRICA] Wasf Ifrîqîyah wa-al-Maghrib wa-al-Andalus awâsit al-qarn al- thamin lil-Hijrah: Muqtataf min kitâb Masâlik al-absâr fī mamâlik al- amsâr. [i.e. Description of Africa, Morocco and Andalusia in the middle of the eighth century of migration].
- Author
- HASAN HUSNÎ ABD AL-WAHHÂB, (1884-1968).
- Publisher
- Majallat al-Badr., [AH 1338 - ca. 1922], Tunisia
- Publication year
- 1922
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- Arabic
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Africana, Arabica, Travels & Voyages
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Khalkedon Rare Books has been active in the antiquarian book trade in Turkey for over 15 years. Founded in 2009 by Alican Akin, Khalkedon Rare Books specializes in rare books related to the Turkish and Islamic World, spanning from Central Asia to Andalusia. Alican Akin has been a member bookseller on AbeBooks since 2012, a member of the ABA and ILAB, a member of IOBA since 2015, and a member of the Ephemera Society of America since 2021.
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