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Author:   Kātib Çelebi ,  Gottfried Hagen ,  Robert Dankoff ,  Ferenc Csirkés
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   142
Weight:   2.836kg
ISBN:  

9789004441323

ISBN 10:   9004441328
Pages:   694
Publication Date:   26 October 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Preface References and Abbreviations Outline of Cihānnümā Introduction to Cihānnümā  Gottfried Hagen Introduction to the Translation  Robert Dankoff Translation of Cihānnümā Part 1, by Kātib Çelebi  Ferenc Csirkés, John Curry and Gary Leiser  Introduction  1 On the Earth  2 On the Seas  3 On the Major Parts of the Earth  4 On the Continent of Europe  5 On (the Continent of) Africa  6 On the Continent of Asia  7 On (the Continent of) America, i.e., the New World  8 On 90 Latitude  9 On the South Pole  10 On the Relation of Countries and Directions, According to the Triplicities of the Constellations and Planets  11 On the Inhabitants of the World with Respect to Religions  12 Island of Yāpūnīā (Iaponia, Japan)  13 Map of (New) Guinea  14 Islands of Chīn u Hind (East Indies)  15 Islands of Gilolo and Molucca  16 Mindanao, etc.  17 Sumatra  18 Borneo  19 Island of Ceylon  20 Clime of Chīn u Māchīn (China)  21 Clime of Khitāy (Cathay)  22 Clime of India  23 Clime of Sind  24 Country of Makran  25 Clime of Zābulistān, Khwāst and Ashnāghar  26 Country of Kashmir and Tibet  27 Country of Sijistan  28 Country of Badakhshān, Ghūr and Ṭukhāristān  29 Clime of Kirmān, Hormuz and Lār  30 Clime of Fārs  31 Country of Khūzistān and Lūristān  32 Clime of Jabal (i.e., Jibāl) or Persian Iraq  33 Clime of Khurāsān and Quhistān  34 Country of Qūmis, Ṭabaristān and Māzandarān  35 Clime of Khwārazm, Daylam and Gīlān  36 Clime of Transoxiana  37 Clime of Turkistan and the Steppe  38 Clime of Azerbaijan  39 Clime of Arrān, Mūqān and Shirwān  40 Country of Dagestan, Georgia, etc.  41 Clime of Arminiyya Part 2, by Ebū Bekr b. Behrām ed-Dimaşḳī  Gary Leiser  42 Clime of al-Jazīra (Upper Mesopotamia)  43 Clime of ʿIrāq al-ʿArab (Lower Mesopotamia)  44 Description of the Arabian Peninsula  45 Region of Shām (Syria)  46 Description of (Province of) Anaṭolı Appendix: Maps and Diagrams About Maps and Diagrams Maps and Diagrams Index

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Gottfried Hagen (PhD Freie Universität Berlin, 1996) is Professor of Turkish Studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Ein Osmanischer Geograph bei der Arbeit. Entstehung und Gedankenwelt von Kātib Čelebis Ǧihānnümā (2003, Turkish translation 2017) and many articles on Ottoman geography, cartography, and cosmology.   Robert Dankoff (PhD Harvard University 1971) is Professor Emeritus of Turkish and Islamic Studies at the University of Chicago. His most recent book is Ottoman Explorations of the Nile (2018, with Nuran Tezcan and Michael D. Sheridan).

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