Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq

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Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq is a 12th-century geographical and cartographic work by Al-Idrisi that systematically describes the known world for the Norman court in Sicily.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cartographic work
geographical work
medieval Arabic text
alternativeName Nuzhat al-mushtaq NERFINISHED
Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq NERFINISHED
The Book of Pleasant Journeys into Faraway Lands NERFINISHED
The Book of Roger NERFINISHED
associatedWith Norman Sicily NERFINISHED
court of Palermo NERFINISHED
author Al-Idrisi NERFINISHED
Muhammad al-Idrisi NERFINISHED
century 12th century
commissionedBy Roger II of Sicily NERFINISHED
contains descriptions of cities
descriptions of climates
descriptions of peoples and customs
descriptions of trade routes
regional maps
world map
countryOfOrigin Norman Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED
dateWritten 12th century
describes known world of the 12th century
focusesOn Europe NERFINISHED
Mediterranean region
Middle East NERFINISHED
North Africa NERFINISHED
parts of Africa
parts of Asia
genre geographical encyclopedia
travel and exploration literature
historicalPeriod Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED
influenced later Islamic geographical literature
later medieval European geography
influencedBy Ptolemaic geography NERFINISHED
earlier Arabic geographical works
intendedFor Norman court in Sicily NERFINISHED
Roger II of Sicily NERFINISHED
language Arabic
notableFor detailed regional division of the world
integration of travel reports and earlier sources
systematic description of the known world
patron Roger II of Sicily NERFINISHED
placeOfComposition Sicily NERFINISHED
subject cartography
ethnography
geography
regional descriptions
tradition Islamic geography

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Al-Idrisi knownFor Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq
Al-Idrisi notableWork Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq
this entity surface form: Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq