{"product_id":"description-de-lafrique-et-de-lespagne-9789004293366","title":"Description de l'Afrique et de l'Espagne","description":"\u003ci\u003eDescription de l’Afrique et de l’Espagne\u003c\/i\u003e offers a partial edition of the Arabic descriptive geography by \u003cb\u003eAbu ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad al-Idrīsī\u003c\/b\u003e (d. c. 560 AH\/1165 CE) entitled \u003ci\u003eKitāb Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī’ khtirāq al-āfāq\u003c\/i\u003e. The author lived at the court of the Norman King Roger II in Sicily where he composed this work for him. Little is known about al-Idrīsī’s life, except that he had travelled extensively and had acquired first-hand information about the areas he described in the Nuzhat, which is also known as \u003ci\u003ethe Book of Roger\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published by Brill in 1866, this edition of the Arabic text concerning Africa and the Iberian Peninsula by \u003cb\u003eR. Dozy\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eM.J. de Goeje\u003c\/b\u003e was based on the Paris and Oxford manuscripts. It includes a translation into French, with notes, a glossary (Arabic-French), and Index. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"M.J. de Goeje","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48308054294779,"sku":"9789004293366","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9789004293366.jpg?v=1772491224","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/description-de-lafrique-et-de-lespagne-9789004293366","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}