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{{Short description|Book by Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Munʻim al-Ḥimyarī}}
'''Kitab al-Rawd al-Mitar''', '''''The Book of the Fragrant Garden''''', is a fifteenth-century [[Arabic]] geography by Muhammad bin Abd al-Munim al-Himyari that is a primary source for [[Spain in the Middle Ages]], though it is based in part on the earlier account by [[Muhammad al-Idrisi]]. It was edited and translated into French by E. Levi-Provençal in 1938<ref>Levi Provençal and al-Munim al-Himyari, ''La Peninsule iberique au Moyen age d'après le Kitab al-Rawd al-mitar d'Ibn Abd al-Mun'im al-Himayari'' (Leiden, E. J. Brill) 1938</ref> and into Spanish by Maria Pilar Maestro González in 1963.<ref>Maestro González, ''Kitab ar-Rawd<!--ar-Rawd is correct--> al-Mitar'' (Valencia) 1963.</ref>
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'''''Kitāb al-Rawḍ al-miʿṭār fi khabar al-aqṭār''''' (''The Book of the Fragrant Garden'') is a fourteenth-century [[Arabic]] geography by [[Ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim al-Ḥimyarī|al-Ḥimyarī]] that is a primary source for the history of [[Muslim Iberia]] in the [[Middle Ages]], though it is based in part on the earlier account by [[Muhammad al-Idrisi]]. Very little is known about the author, except that he was close to the [[Hafsid dynasty]]. It was edited and translated into French by [[Évariste Lévi-Provençal]] in 1938<ref>Levi Provençal and al-Munim al-Himyari, ''La Peninsule iberique au Moyen age d'après le Kitab al-Rawd al-mitar d'Ibn Abd al-Mun'im al-Himayari'' (Leiden, E. J. Brill) 1938</ref> and into Spanish by María Pilar Maestro González in 1963.<ref>Maestro González, ''Kitab ar-Rawd<!--ar-Rawd is correct--> al-Mitar'' (Valencia) 1963.</ref>


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[[Category:Geographical works of medieval Islam]]
[[Category:Geographical works of the medieval Islamic world]]
[[Category:Arabic books]]
[[Category:15th-century Arabic-language books]]
[[Category:15th-century books]]

Latest revision as of 04:31, 19 August 2024

Kitab al-Rawd al-Mitar
AuthorMuhammad bin Abd al-Munim al-Himyari
Original titleكتاب الروض المعطار في خبر الأقطار
TranslatorÉvariste Lévi-Provençal (French), María Pilar Maestro González (Spanish)
LanguageArabic
SubjectHistory of Muslim Iberia
GenreGeography
Publication date
14th century
Publication placeHafsid Caliphate
Media typePrint

Kitāb al-Rawḍ al-miʿṭār fi khabar al-aqṭār (The Book of the Fragrant Garden) is a fourteenth-century Arabic geography by al-Ḥimyarī that is a primary source for the history of Muslim Iberia in the Middle Ages, though it is based in part on the earlier account by Muhammad al-Idrisi. Very little is known about the author, except that he was close to the Hafsid dynasty. It was edited and translated into French by Évariste Lévi-Provençal in 1938[1] and into Spanish by María Pilar Maestro González in 1963.[2]

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  1. ^ Levi Provençal and al-Munim al-Himyari, La Peninsule iberique au Moyen age d'après le Kitab al-Rawd al-mitar d'Ibn Abd al-Mun'im al-Himayari (Leiden, E. J. Brill) 1938
  2. ^ Maestro González, Kitab ar-Rawd al-Mitar (Valencia) 1963.