Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq
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Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq is a 12th-century geographical and cartographic work by Al-Idrisi that systematically describes the known world for the Norman court in Sicily.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq | 2 |
| Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq | 2 |
| Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq Context triple: [Al-Idrisi, knownFor, Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq]
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Kitāb al-Manāẓir
Kitāb al-Manāẓir is Ibn al-Haytham’s foundational treatise on optics that systematically analyzes vision, light, and perception and profoundly influenced later Islamic and European science.
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B.
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars is a 10th-century astronomical treatise that systematically revised and illustrated Ptolemy’s star catalog, becoming a foundational work in medieval Islamic and later European astronomy.
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Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
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D.
Mishkat al-Anwar
Mishkat al-Anwar is a seminal mystical-philosophical treatise in Islamic thought that explores the metaphor of divine light and the nature of spiritual knowledge.
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E.
Al-Hawi
Al-Hawi is a monumental 10th-century medical encyclopedia by the Persian physician al-Razi, compiling and critically evaluating the medical knowledge of Greco-Roman, Indian, and earlier Islamic sources.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq Target entity description: Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq is a 12th-century geographical and cartographic work by Al-Idrisi that systematically describes the known world for the Norman court in Sicily.
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A.
Kitāb al-Manāẓir
Kitāb al-Manāẓir is Ibn al-Haytham’s foundational treatise on optics that systematically analyzes vision, light, and perception and profoundly influenced later Islamic and European science.
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B.
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars
Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars is a 10th-century astronomical treatise that systematically revised and illustrated Ptolemy’s star catalog, becoming a foundational work in medieval Islamic and later European astronomy.
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C.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
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D.
Mishkat al-Anwar
Mishkat al-Anwar is a seminal mystical-philosophical treatise in Islamic thought that explores the metaphor of divine light and the nature of spiritual knowledge.
-
E.
Al-Hawi
Al-Hawi is a monumental 10th-century medical encyclopedia by the Persian physician al-Razi, compiling and critically evaluating the medical knowledge of Greco-Roman, Indian, and earlier Islamic sources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartographic work
ⓘ
geographical work ⓘ medieval Arabic text ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Nuzhat al-mushtaq
ⓘ
Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq ⓘ
linked to:
Nuzhat al-mushtaq
The Book of Pleasant Journeys into Faraway Lands ⓘ The Book of Roger ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Norman Sicily
ⓘ
linked to:
County of Sicily
court of Palermo ⓘ
linked to:
Palermo court of Roger II
|
| author |
Al-Idrisi
ⓘ
Muhammad al-Idrisi ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Idrisi
|
| century | 12th century ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Roger II of Sicily ⓘ |
| contains |
descriptions of cities
ⓘ
descriptions of climates ⓘ descriptions of peoples and customs ⓘ descriptions of trade routes ⓘ regional maps ⓘ world map ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Norman Kingdom of Sicily
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Sicily
|
| dateWritten | 12th century ⓘ |
| describes | known world of the 12th century ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Europe
ⓘ
Mediterranean region ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ parts of Africa ⓘ parts of Asia ⓘ |
| genre |
geographical encyclopedia
ⓘ
travel and exploration literature ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Islamic geographical literature
ⓘ
later medieval European geography ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ptolemaic geography
ⓘ
linked to:
Ptolemy’s Geography
earlier Arabic geographical works ⓘ |
| intendedFor |
Norman court in Sicily
ⓘ
linked to:
Palermo court of Roger II
Roger II of Sicily ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed regional division of the world
ⓘ
integration of travel reports and earlier sources ⓘ systematic description of the known world ⓘ |
| patron | Roger II of Sicily ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Sicily ⓘ |
| subject |
cartography
ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ geography ⓘ regional descriptions ⓘ |
| tradition | Islamic geography ⓘ |
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Subject: Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq Description of subject: Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq is a 12th-century geographical and cartographic work by Al-Idrisi that systematically describes the known world for the Norman court in Sicily.
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