Images of the plant kingdom in the Mamluk encyclopedia Masālik al-abṣār by Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-‘Umarī (d. 1349)

This article aims at analyzing the representation of the plant kingdom in the Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣār, an Arabic encyclopaedia written by one the leading scholar of the Mamluk period, Šihāb al-Dīn Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-‘Umarī (1301-1349). The first part of the article offers an insight into...

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Main Author: Francesca Bellino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2016-12-01
Series:Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies
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Online Access:http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/1881