Picturing the Islamicate world : the story of al-Iṣṭakhrī's book of routes and realms / by Nadja Danilenko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Danilenko, Nadja, author.

Series:

Handbook of Oriental studies. Near and Middle East (2014) ; 0169-9423 Section 1, v. 146.

Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East, 0169-9423 ; volume 146 = Handbuch der Orientalistik

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, -957 or 958. Masālik wa-al-mamālik.

Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad.

Cartography--Islamic countries--History.

Cartography.

Geography, Arab.

History.

Islamic countries.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 301 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Story of al-Iṣṭakhrī's book of routes and realms

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

"In Picturing the Islamicate World, Nadja Danilenko explores the message of the first preserved maps from the Islamicate world. Safeguarded in al-Iṣṭakhrī's Book of Routes and Realms (10th century C.E.), the world map and twenty regional maps complement the text to a reference book of the territories under Muslim rule. Rather than shaping the Islamicate world according to political or religious concerns, al-Iṣṭakhrī chose a timeless design intended to outlast upheavals. Considering the treatise was transmitted for almost a millennium, al-Iṣṭakhrī's strategy seems to have paid off. By investigating the Persian and Ottoman translations and all extant manuscripts, Nadja Danilenko unravels the manuscript tradition of al-Iṣṭakhrī's work, revealing who took an interest in it and why"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Danilenko, Nadja, Picturing the Islamicate world

ISBN:

9789004439856

9004439854

OCLC:

1198988034