'UMAR BIN AL-MUZAFFAR ABU AL-HAFS BIN AL-WARDI (D. 1457 AD?): KHARIDAT AL-'AJA'IB WA FARIDAT AL-GHARA'IB

OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 17TH CENTURY

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'UMAR BIN AL-MUZAFFAR ABU AL-HAFS BIN AL-WARDI (D. 1457 AD?): KHARIDAT AL-'AJA'IB WA FARIDAT AL-GHARA'IB
OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 17TH CENTURY
An important cosmography composed for the Mamluk na'ib of Aleppo Shahin, Arabic manuscript on paper, 178ff. plus 4 fly-leaves, each folio with 21ll. of black naskh, titles in red, catchwords, with map of the world centered on the Jezirah, diagram of the Ka'ba, marginal markers, catchwords, in brown morocco binding
9½ x 6¾in. (24.2 x 17cm.)

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In his preface, the author mentions his sources as follow: Al-Tusi's Sharh al-Tadhkira, Ptolemy's Geography, al-Balkhi's Taqwim al-Bilad, Mas'udi's Marwaj al-Dhahab, Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari's 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat, al-Marrakushi's Al-Masalik wa al-Mamalik, and all other necessary works.

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