Das Geographische Wörterbuch des Abu 'Obeid 'Abdallah ben 'Abd el-'Aziz el-Bekri : : Nach den Handscriften zu Leiden, Cambridge, London und Mailand / / Ferdinand Wüstenfeld.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• HerausgeberIn: Wüstenfeld, Ferdinand,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: Arabic
• Series: Kiraz Chronicles Archive ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (938 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Vorwort --; Chapter 1 --; Chapter 2 --; Chapter 3 --; Front Matter 2 --; Chapter 4 --; Chapter 5 --; Chapter 6 --; Chapter 7 --; Chapter 8
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463219031; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463219031
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ferdinand Wüstenfeld.

The incomplete manuscript known by the title Book of Highways and Kingdoms was an ambitious undertaking by Abu Ubayd Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Bakri, an eleventh-century Spanish-Arab geographer who never left al-Andalus. Relying on what he read and what travelers reported to him, al-Bakri composed a substantial reference work describing the geography, climate, people and customs of the world he knew, constructing what was to become a medieval manuscript of renown. Presented here in the original Arabic, and divided into two volumes for convenience of use, this chronicle will be welcomed by medievalists and others interested in the perception of the world in the 11th century.