Picturing the Islamicate world : the story of al-Iṣṭakhrī's book of routes and realms / by Nadja Danilenko.

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

xiii, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

"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-Iṣṭakhrīchose 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Danilenko, Nadja, Picturing the Islamicate world Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020.

English

March 08, 2021

Includes bibliographical references and index.