Book ID: CBB661504934

Picturing the Islamicate World: The Story of al-Iṣṭakhrī’s 'Book of Routes and Realms' (2020)

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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.

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Authors & Contributors
Mohammad Yazdi
Melvin-Koushki, Matthew
Müjde Unustası
Jean-François Pérouse
Pascale Lebouteiller
Hejazi, Mehrdad
Concepts
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Cartography
Mathematics
Geometry
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Maps; atlases
Time Periods
Medieval
16th century
Early modern
10th century
Safavid dynasty
Ancient
Places
Persia (Iran)
Ottoman Empire
Middle and Near East
Andalusia (Spain)
North Africa
France
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