Relations de voyages et textes géographiques arabes, persans et turks relatifs a l'Extrême-Orient du VIIIe au XVIIIe siècles
Traduits, revus et annotés

Published 1913–14, this two-volume work presents annotated French translations of mainly Arabic texts relating to the Far East.

Gabriel Ferrand (Author)

9781108080828, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 January 2015

318 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.47 kg

Gabriel Ferrand (1864–1935) travelled widely as a French diplomat and pursued scholarly passions as a polyglot orientalist. He served as consul to Madagascar and published several works about the island, noting the Arab influence that preceded the arrival of Europeans. A member of the Société Asiatique, and editor of its journal from 1920 until his death, Ferrand sought in particular to make Arabic geographical and nautical writings more accessible to fellow scholars and students. Forming part of that project, this work appeared in two volumes in 1913–14. It presents annotated French translations of mainly Arabic texts relating to the Far East. Brief biographical notes on the authors are given for the benefit of non-specialists. Volume 1 contains the preliminary matter explaining Ferrand's approach to transcription and translation. This is followed by texts up to the thirteenth century, including extracts from the ninth-century author Sulaiman al-Tajir.

Préface
Introduction
1. Ibn Khordadzbeh
2. Ibn Masawih
3. Sulayman
4. Yakubi
5. Ishak bin Imran
6. Ibn al-Fakih
7. Ibn Rosteh
8. Muhammad bin Zakariya ar-Razi
9. Abu Zayd
10. Abu Dulaf Mis'ar
11. Mas'udi
12. Mas'udi
13. Ibn Serapion
14. Mukaddisi
15. Mutahhar bin Tahir al-Makdisi
16. Abu'l Faradj
17. L'abrégé des merveilles
18. Avicenne
19. Biruni
20. Ibn Ridwan
21. Ibn Wafid
22. Kharaki
23. Edrisi
24. Ibn Tufayl
25. Yakut
26. Ibn al-Baytar.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]