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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Università degli Studi di Torino
2016-12-01
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| 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 |