Awḍaḥ al-masālik ilà maʻrifat al-buldān wa al-mamālik
- Holding institution:
- University of Michigan
- Data provider:
- University of Michigan
- Title:
- Awḍaḥ al-masālik ilà maʻrifat al-buldān wa al-mamālik
اوضح المسالك الى معرفة البلدان والممالك، - Creator:
- Sipahizade Mehmet bin Ali
سپاهي زاده، محمد بن على - Contributor:
- Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner
- Date:
- [1585].
- Description:
- Origin: Possibly author's working copy, with many notes in marginalia. This copy finished 993/1585.Decoration: Titles and place names in red and gold ink. Central text on each page is framed in simple blue and gold border. Initial page features an elaborite design in blue, gold, orange, and green paint. Incidental maps and diagrams in margins are usually executed in blue ink. Map of Mediterranean world laid in page 22. A single page of notes with diagram depicting the kaʻbah as the center of the world along with many notes is laid into this codex.Script: Text written in naskh script with black ink.Binding: Leather bound codex with tooling on upper and lower covers as well as envelope flap; gold paint on medalions.Title from rubricated inscription on opening leaf (p.3) and inscription on 'title page' (p.7).Ms. codex.Geographical work ; geographical dictionary.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Arabic
Geography Early works to 1800.
Geography, Arab Early works to 1800.
Geography Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 Early works to 1800. - Geographic region:
- Turkey
- Time period:
- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
- Extent:
- 1 v. ([347] p.) : paper ; 27.25 cm.
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Identifier:
- OCLC: 81282237
- Format:
- Book
Manuscript/Archive
Online
Print - Same as:
- https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/005231663