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Nuzhat al-mushtaq / Tabula Rogeriana, manuscript maps and text

al-Idrisi

A page from the volume that holds the map: Nuzhat al-mushtaq, al-Idrisi, 1154
Picture: Library of Congress. This picture shows a page from the volume, not the map itself. See it at full size at the library

How we know

not stated The catalogue does not say how the author knew.

Research notes
  • Catalogue date field says 1250; narrative description says c.1325. Record discrepancy; do not silently resolve. 68 maps survive; missing/damaged leaves.

Why it matters

Regional geography before widespread European Tartary labels.

Places named

World; Central Asian sections

Who copied whom

Later in the chain
  • reproduces this one (stated)
    Miller's 1928 reconstruction of al-Idrisi's 1154 map

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