The oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century - Iṣṭakhrī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad; Ouseley, William; Balkhī, Aḥmad ibn Sahl; Ibn Ḥawqal, Muḥammad (Printed by Wilson for T. Cadell, and W. Davies, 1800)
Die Istakhrī-Balkhī frage (in Zeitschrift der Deutschen morgenländischen geselischaft, 25. bd., 1871, p. 42-58) and C. Brockelmann, Geschichte der arabischen litteratur, 1898, bd. 1, p. 229
Ascribed by Ouseley in his translation to Muḥammad ibn Ḥauḳal and by Sprenger in the catalogue of his manuscripts (no. 1) to Aḥmad ibn Sahl (Abü Zaid) al-Balkhī. In 921 al-Balkhī wrote a geographical work in which the maps were the important part. Ca. 951, al-Iṣṭakhrī wrote a revision of al-Balkhī's work, commonly known as the "Kitāb al-aḳāiīm," in which he extended the description of places. A second revision of al-Balkhī's work was made ca. 977 by Ibn Ḥauḳal. cf. M. J. de Goeje
From a Persian version of the "Masālik al-mamālik." cf. Pref., p. iii.
English title preceded by title in Persian.
Keywords: Egypt / Historical geography.; Middle East / Historical geography.