Tabula Rogeriana

Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq
(نزهة المشتاق في اختراق الآفاق)
Tabula Rogeriana
Map of al-Maghrib al-Aqsa and al-Maghrib al-Awsat (south-up) in MS arabe 2221, the oldest known surviving manuscript copy of Idrisi's Tabula Rogeriana.
AuthorMuhammad al-Idrisi
Media typeAtlas

The Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq (Arabic: نزهة المشتاق في اختراق الآفاق, lit. "The Excursion of One Eager to Penetrate the Distant Horizons"), commonly known in the West as the Tabula Rogeriana (lit. "The Book of Roger" in Latin), is an atlas commissioned by the Norman King Roger II in 1138 and completed by the Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi in 1154. The atlas compiles 70 maps of the known world with associated descriptions and commentary of each specific location by Al-Idrisi.[1][2][3][4]

6th section of the 4th clime in Al-Idrisi's atlas. A map of Armenia in the bottom center, Azerbaijan in the lower left corner, and West Central Iran in upper left and a small portion of the Caspian Sea at the bottom left, with the Zagros Mountains at the bottom. Sixth section of the fourth clime from the oldest extant manuscript of al-Idrisi's Nuzhat al-mushtaq, copied c.1300.
Armenia is shown in the bottom center, Azerbaijan in the lower left corner, and West Central Iran in upper left and a small portion of the Caspian Sea at the bottom left, with the Zagros Mountains at the bottom. Sixth section of the fourth clime from the oldest extant manuscript of al-Idrisi's Nuzhat al-mushtaq, copied c. 1300.
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  2. ^ Ahmad, 1992, pp. 156–161.
  3. ^ Al-Fora, Uthman (1983). "Al-Sharif Al-Idrisi and His Contributions to Geography" (PDF). King Saud University, Journal of the College of Education. 5: 159–185 – via King Saud University.
  4. ^ Editorial Board of Aljaranda (March 2016). "Travelers in Tarifa". Aljaranda. 89: 95–98 – via Dialnet.