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Kitāb nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq

work by Idrīsī

Also known as: “Al-Kitāb ar-Rujārī”, “Kitā Rujār”

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…of descriptive geography, known as Kitāb nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq and also as Kitā Rujār, or Al-Kitāb al-Rujārī (“The Book of Roger”). In compiling it, al-Idrīsī combined material from Arabic and Greek geographic works with information obtained through firsthand observation and eyewitness reports. The king and his Muslim geographer…
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