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A highly schematic Arabic map of the Mediterranean Sea from an 1839 lithographic facsimile of an 1173 manuscript copy of Istakhri's 10th-century atlas Roads of the Kingdoms. Oriented with the west at the top.
According to Mohammad Ballan [1], the triangular island at the narrow part of the sea is labelled Jabal al-Qilal, that is, Fraxinetum.
URL: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-al-istakhri-abu-ishak-al-faresi-1801664
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current | 21:05, 24 January 2021 | 482 × 625 (603 KB) | Srnec (talk | contribs) | A highly schematic Arabic map of the Mediterranean Sea from an 1839 lithographic facsimile of an 1173 manuscript copy of Istakhri's 10th-century atlas ''Roads of the Kingdoms''. Oriented with the west at the top. According to Mohammad Ballan [https://ballandalus.wordpress.com/2015/06/08/fraxinetum-an-islamic-frontier-state-in-tenth-century-provence/], the triangular island at the narrow part of the sea is labelled ''Jabal al-Qilal'', that is, Fraxinetum. URL: https://www... |
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