The map which is added as illustration only, is not from al Baghdadi but from one of the many medieval copies of the manuscript of (pseudo) Ibn al Wardi and represents Africa. | |||||
Back to Table of Contents 4 To next page Safi al din al Baghdadi (1338) Marasid al Ittila ala Asma al-Amkina wal Biqa (Observation and information on the names of places and countries.) ------------------------------------------------------------- Taken from: Youssuf KamaltomeIVfasc2 Journal asiatique: 1846 Also called: Ibn Abdulhagq; Safideen Abdulmumin al Baghdadi Is in fact an abbreviation of the work of Yakut. Also called Meracid or Merassid or Meraced or ittila Originally from: Lexicon geographicum, (Juynboll 1850 I II III) in Arab Book of the letter BA Bahr al-Zandj (fol 81) The sea of the Zendjs is the sea of India: the zendjs occupy the south, and India the north. The Zendjs placed under the star Canopus live in a complete and very big continent and many islands. Barbara Book of the letter SIN Soufala Book of the letter QAF Al Qoumar Book of the letter KAF Kilwa Book of the letter MIM Maqdachou Manbasa Manfiya: locality well known on the shore of the sea of Zandj. (I did not find so far the explanation that goes with all the entries here mentioned) (fol 81) The sea of the Zendjs is the sea of India: the zendjs occupy the south, and India the north. The Zendjs placed under the star Canopus live in a complete and very big continent and many islands. |