Al-Idrisi’s Norman Kingdom in the South : : The Book of Roger in Translation / / ed. by Ahmed Fatima Kzzo, Matt King, Sherif Abdelkarim, Katherine Jacka.
The Book of Roger is a twelfth-century Arabic geographical treatise commissioned by King Roger II of Sicily and compiled by the Muslim polymath al-Idrisi. On its completion in around 1157 it was the most detailed description of the known world produced up to that point. This translation covers Sicil...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leeds : : ARC Humanities Press, , [2024] ©2024 |
| Year of Publication: | 2024 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | ARC - Foundations
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Introduction THE LIFE, TIMES, AND WORKS OF AL-IDRISI
- KITAB NUZHAT AL-MUSHTAQ FI IKHTIRAQ AL-AFAQ THE BOOK OF PLEASURE FOR THOSE WHO DESIRE TO VISIT FARAWAY PLACES TRANSLATION
- Preface of the Nuzhat al-Mushtaq
- CLIME THREE, PART ONE (Partial)
- CLIME THREE, PART TWO
- CLIME FOUR, PART TWO
- CLIME FOUR, PART THREE
- CLIME FIVE, PART TWO (Partial)
- CLIME FIVE, PART THREE
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX OF PLACENAMES