Kitab al-Masalik wa-l-Mamalik

By Ubaydallah ibn Khurdadhbih

كتاب المسالك والممالك

Ibn Khurdadhbih's book on postal routes, tax registers and the itineraries of merchants, one of the earliest works of the routes-and-realms genre in Arabic geography.

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Ibn Khurradadhbih's book on roads, the post, kharaj and the commerce of the routes; among the first Books of Routes and Realms in Arabic Islamic geography.

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  • Kitab al-Masalik wa-l-Mamalik of Ibn Khurdadhbih
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