The Muslim World 1100–1700

Early Sources on Middle East History, Geography and Travel (Royal Asiatic Society Classics 2)

Edited by Hiroyuki Mashita

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About the Book

The Royal Asiatic Society, founded in 1823, was the main centre in Britain for scholarly work on Asia in the nineteenth century, and has been a publisher since 1829.

The Muslim World 1100–1700: Early Sources on Middle East History, Geography and Travel is the second collection of RAS Classics reissued by Routledge in association with the Society. The first, the five-volume Theology, Ethics and Metaphysics (978-0700-71670-8), was published in February 2003.

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Joseph Ritter von Hammer: Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa in the Seventeenth Century, by Evliya Efendi Volume 2&3: M. Quatremere: Histoire des Sultans Mamlouks de l’Egypte, ecrite en Arabe par Taki-eddin-Ahmed-Makrizi, traduite en francais, et accompagnee de notes philologiques, historiques, geographiques Volume 4: Guy LeStrange: Description of the Province of Fars in Persia at the Beginning of the Fourteeenth Century AD, from the MS in the British Museum Volume 5: William Henry Salmon: An Account of the Ottoman Conquest of Egypt in the Year AH 922 (AD 1516) Volume 6: E. Denison Ross: Ta’rikh-I Fakhru’d-Din Mubarakshah, being the introduction to the Book of Genealogies Volume 7: J. Stephenson: The Zoological Section of the Nuzhatu’l Qulub of Hamd Allah Mustaufi Qazwini Volume 8: Vladimir Minorsky: Sharaf al-Zaman Tahir Marvazi on China, the Turks and India. Arabic Text (c. AD 1200) with English commentary