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Islamic geography began in the 8th century, influenced by Hellenistic geography, [2] combined with what explorers and merchants learned in their travels across the Old World (Afro-Eurasia). [1] Muslim scholars engaged in extensive exploration and navigation during the 9th-12th centuries, including journeys across the Muslim world , in addition ...
Al-Idrisi also derived map-making methods from the Balkhi school of Geography, a school which was founded during the 10th century in Baghdad under the Abbasid Caliphate. [7] It was from this school that he drew the scientifically rigorous and anthropologically detailed information that he incorporated into the atlas' creation.
Geography and cartography in the medieval Islamic world; A. Arabic mile; D. Dragon's Tail (peninsula) I. Island of the Jewel; T. Book of Curiosities
Map of Arabia from the Kitab al-Masalik wa'l-Mamalik by al-Istakhri (copy dated to c. 1306 CE). The Book of Roads and Kingdoms (Arabic: كتاب المسالك والممالك, Kitāb al-Masālik waʿl-Mamālik [1]) is a group of Islamic manuscripts composed from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. [2]
Geography and cartography in the medieval Islamic world; M. Ahmad ibn Majid This page was last edited on 6 August 2019, at 15:44 (UTC). Text ...
Geography of the Arab world; Continent: Asia and Africa: Area • Total: 13,333,296 km 2 (5,148,014 sq mi) Highest point: Jbel Toubkal 4,165 m [1] [failed verification] Lowest point: Lac Assal −155 m [2] Longest river: Nile 6,853 km
Al-Idrisi hailed from the Hammudid dynasty of North Africa and Al-Andalus, which was descended from Muhammad through the powerful Idrisid dynasty. [1] [2] Al-Idrisi was believed to be born the city of Ceuta in 1100, at the time controlled by the Almoravids, where his great-grandfather had been forced to settle after the fall of Hammudid Málaga to the Zirids of Granada. [3]
The Book of Roads and Kingdoms (Arabic: كِتَاب ٱلْمَسَالِك وَٱلْمَمَالِك, romanized: Kitāb al-Masālik wa-l-Mamālik) is a 9th-century geography text written by the Persian geographer Ibn Khordadbeh.