Hudud al-'Alam

The Regions of the World.' A Persian Geography, 372 A. H.-982 A. D

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9851579
AutoresV Minorsky
Ano1937
Volume90
Fascículo2
Páginas185
Data de publicação1937-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeographical Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1787151
OpenAlexW2065957012
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10

The Hudud al-'Alam, written in AD 982 for a Prince of Guzganan (located in the North West of modern Afghanistan), is a geography covering the whole known world and one of the earliest works of Persian prose. It was designed to accompany a map and, though the product of cabinet scholarship rather than original observation, it preserves much material from earlier compositions which are lost and shows originality in its organisation. A facsimile edition of the unique MS, which came to light in Bukhara in the late 19th century, was published in Russia in 1930 by Barthold but it was left to Minorsky to make the date widely accessible by his English translation and his extensive commentary, which analyses the work's position in the early Islamic geographical tradition and identifies and discusses the places mentioned in the light of a wealth of other information. The second edition contains additional material from Minorsky and was edited by C E Bosworth

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