[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 fi mamâlik al- amsâr. [i.e. Description of Africa, Morocco and Andalusia in the middle of the eighth century of migration].
by HASAN HUSNÎ ABD AL-WAHHÂB, (1884-1968)
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
Tunisia: Majallat al-Badr., [AH 1338 - ca. 1922], 1922. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 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 fi mamâlik al- amsâr" by Arab-Mamluk statesman, geographer and historian Shihâb al-Dîn Ah?mad ibn Yahyâ al-'Umarî al-ma'rûf bi-Ibn Fadl Allâh al-Kâtib al-Dimashqî, (1301-1349). "Masâlik al-absâr fi 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.
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- Bookseller
- Khalkedon Rare Books, IOBA, ESA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 054638
- 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 fi 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)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Majallat al-Badr., [AH 1338 - ca. 1922]
- Place of Publication
- Tunisia
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- AFRICANA TUNIS, TUNISIAN, TUNISIAN CULTURE, NORTH AFRICA, AFRICAN FOLKLORE, FOLK LITERATURE, ORAL FABLES, MYTHS, LEGENDS, MYSTICISM, SUFISM, MAGHREB OF THE OTTOMANICA OTTOMANIA OTTOMAN WORLD HISTORY OTTOMANS EMPIRE STATE DAS OSMANISCHE REICH L'EMPIRE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travels & Voyages; Africana; Arabica;
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