Al-Idrisi about the countries and peoples of Eastern Europe
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The book examines information about Ancient Rus', Volga Bulgaria, the North Caucasus, the Eastern Baltic States and the Northern Black Sea region, contained in the work of the outstanding Arab scientist of the 12th century. al-Idrisi “Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ihtirak al-afaq” (“The joy of one who passionately desires to cross the world”). The publication includes fragments of the original text, which contain Eastern European realities, a translation of these fragments into Russian, and a historical and philological commentary. The introductory part contains a statement of the history of the creation of the work, a review of manuscripts and editions of the work.
CONTENTS: Preface (5). Introduction (7). Biographical information about al-Idrisi (7). History of the creation of the work (8). Composition of the work (11). Manuscripts of “Nuzhat al-mushtaq” (13). History of the study of al-Idrisi’s work and its data on Eastern Europe (15). Study of al-Idrisi’s maps (25). Sources of al-Idrisi’s work (27) .Methods of al-Idrisi’s work with sources (36).Identification of toponyms (47).Degree of reliability of the source’s digital data (length measures) (50).Al-Idrisi’s information about Eastern Europe: text and map (52).Text (75) .Translation (108).Commentary (129).List of abbreviations (275).BibliographySources (277).Literature (281).Briefly annotated index of names (298).Index of geographical names (307).Index of ethnic names (321).< /p>
Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Ирина Коновалова Геннадиевна
Мухаммад аль-Идриси - Language
- Russian
- Translator
- Ирина Геннадиевна Коновалова