[ILLUSTRATED SELECTIONS FROM AN ARABIC 14TH CENTURY TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF AFRICA] Wasf Ifrîqîyah wa-al-Maghrib wa-al-Andalus... [i.e. Description of Africa, Morocco and Andalusia in the middle of the eighth century of migration]

HASAN HUSNÎ ABD AL-WAHHÂB, (1884-1968)., Majallat al-Badr., Tunisia, [AH 1338 - ca. 1922].

COMPLETE TITLE: [ILLUSTRATED SELECTIONS FROM AN ARABIC 14TH CENTURY TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF AFRICA] Wasf Ifrîqîyah wa-al-Maghrib wa-al-Andalus awâsit al-qarn al- thamin lil-Hijrah: Muqtataf min kitâb Masâlik al-absâr fī mamâlik al- amsâr. [i.e. Description of Africa, Morocco and Andalusia in the middle of the eighth century of migration].

Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Arabic. 50 p., b/w plates.

First edition of this rare excerpt book to "Masâlik al-absâr fī mamâlik al- amsâr" by Arab-Mamluk statesman, geographer and historian Shihâb al-Dîn Aḥmad ibn Yahyâ al-'Umarî al-ma'rûf bi-Ibn Fadl Allâh al-Kâtib al-Dimashqî, (1301-1349). "Masâlik al-absâr fī mamâlik al- amsâr" is an account of the Mohammedan kingdoms of the west, excluding Egypt, by Shihâb al-Dîn, who was descended from an old Arab family. The countries described in the book are Abyssinia, Kanem, Nubia, Mali, the Kingdom of the Berber mountains, Ifriqiya, Morocco, and Andalusia. This rare pamphlet includes North Africa (Maghreb) and Andalusia sections of Shihâb al-Dîn's book with a commentary by Al-Wahhâb. Al-Wahhâb was a polygraph and scholar born into a family of dignitaries and high officials of the Tunisian state.

OCLC 78694883, 235966687, 863484408.