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<dl><dd>From a Persian version of the "Masālik al-mamālik" cf. Pref., p. iii</dd>
<dd>Ascribed by Ouseley in his translation to Muḥammad ibn Ḥauḳal and by Sprenger in the catalogue of his manuscripts (no. 1) to Aḥmad ibn Sahl (Abü Zaid) al-Balkhī. In 921 al-Balkhī wrote a geographic work in which the maps were the important part. Ca. 951, al-Iṣṭakhrī wrote a revision of al-Balkhī's work, commonly known as the "Kitāb al-aḳāiīm," in which he extended the description of places. A second revision of al-Balkhī's work was made ca. 977 by Ibn Ḥauḳal. cf. M. J. de Goeje, Die Istakhrī-Balkhī frage (in Zeitschrift der Deutschen morgenländischen geselischaft, 25. bd., 1871, p. 42-58) and C. Brockelmann, Geschichte der arabischen litteratur, 1898, bd. 1, p. 229</dd>
<dd>English title preceded by title in Persian</dd>
<dd>ESTC</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Geography</div>
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<dl><dd>al-Iṣṭakhrī, active 10th century</dd>
<dd>Balkhī, Aḥmad ibn Sahl, 849 or 850-934. nr 90002613</dd>
<dd>Ouseley, William, 1767-1842. n 88140888</dd>
<dd>Muḥammad ibn Ḥauḳal, active 10th century</dd></dl></div>
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