Kitab al-Tanbih wa-l-Ishraf
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Kitab al-Tanbih wa-l-Ishraf is a 10th-century Arabic historical and geographical compendium by Al-Masudi that surveys world history, peoples, and lands from an Islamic perspective.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic book
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geographical work ⓘ historical work ⓘ medieval Islamic text ⓘ |
| author | al-Masudi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorFullName | Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Masudi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 10th century ⓘ |
| contains |
accounts of rulers and dynasties
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chronological narratives ⓘ ethnographic descriptions ⓘ geographical coordinates and locations ⓘ |
| coversTopic |
Islamic history
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genealogies ⓘ geographical description ⓘ lands and regions of the world ⓘ peoples of the world ⓘ political history ⓘ pre-Islamic history ⓘ world history ⓘ |
| focusesOnRegion |
Africa
NERFINISHED
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Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ China NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic world ⓘ Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
geography
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history ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfAuthor | Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalScope | from creation to author’s own time ⓘ |
| influencedField |
Islamic geography
ⓘ
Islamic historiography ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCorpus | works of al-Masudi ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval Arabic manuscripts ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | Muruj al-Dhahab wa Maadin al-Jawhar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective | Islamic perspective ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Islamic studies
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Middle Eastern studies ⓘ historical geography ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | world history up to the 10th century ⓘ |
| usesSources |
earlier Arabic historical works
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oral reports ⓘ travel accounts ⓘ |
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