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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instanceOf Arabic book
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
chronological narratives
ethnographic descriptions
geographical coordinates and locations
coversTopic Islamic history
genealogies
geographical description
lands and regions of the world
peoples of the world
political history
pre-Islamic history
world history
focusesOnRegion Africa NERFINISHED
Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED
Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
China NERFINISHED
India NERFINISHED
Islamic world
Persia NERFINISHED
genre geography
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
Middle Eastern studies
historical geography
timePeriodDescribed world history up to the 10th century
usesSources earlier Arabic historical works
oral reports
travel accounts

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Al-Masudi notableWork Kitab al-Tanbih wa-l-Ishraf