Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim
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Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim is a 10th-century Arabic geographical treatise that offers a detailed regional survey of the Islamic world, notable for its systematic organization and rich cultural, economic, and topographical observations.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic book
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geographical treatise ⓘ medieval Islamic geographical work ⓘ |
| approximateDate | c. 985 CE ⓘ |
| author | al-Maqdisi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNameInFull | Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Maqdisi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 10th century ⓘ |
| describes |
cities
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climate ⓘ economic conditions ⓘ religious life ⓘ routes ⓘ social customs ⓘ topography ⓘ towns ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic studies
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historical geography ⓘ |
| genre |
itinerary literature
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regional geography ⓘ |
| geographicalScope |
Islamic world
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lands from al-Andalus to India ⓘ |
| hasModernEdition | critical Arabic edition ⓘ |
| hasModernTranslation | European-language translations ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Buyid era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Islamic geographers ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| methodologicalFeature |
based on personal travel and observation
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critical evaluation of earlier sources ⓘ |
| notableFor |
economic descriptions
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rich cultural observations ⓘ systematic organization of regions ⓘ topographical detail ⓘ use of evaluative judgments about cities ⓘ |
| originalScript | Arabic script ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Jerusalem region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliationOfAuthor | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structureFeature |
classification of provinces and districts
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systematic regional division ⓘ |
| subject |
administrative divisions of the Islamic world
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ethnographic observations of regional populations ⓘ trade routes in the Islamic world ⓘ urban networks in the 10th-century Middle East ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | modern historians of the Islamic world ⓘ |
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