Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq
نزهة المشتاق في اختراق الآفاق
A twelfth-century geography written by al-Idrisi for Roger II of Sicily. It describes the seven climates, their cities, roads, seas, peoples, crafts and trade, and comes with a world map engraved on a silver disc. The author says he finished it in Shawwal 548 AH.
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Overview
A geographical book written by al-Idrisi for King Roger II in Sicily. It describes the seven climes and their cities, roads, seas, peoples, crafts and trade. It comes with a map of the world engraved on a silver plate. 1
According to the author's own introduction, he completed it in Shawwal 548 AH. The date of composition here rests on the author's own statement and needs a further source. 1
Connections
- Authored by
- Al-Idrisi, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah
People and things also explored
Al-Idrisi, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah· Al-Bakri, Abu Ubayd Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz· Ibn Khurradadhbih, Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah· The seven climates· Disputing the count of raids and sariyas· The earth's sphericity· Stopping the genealogy at Ma'add· Joining the Red Sea to the Mediterranean
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols.
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