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Al bakri never visited the region but obtained his information from earlier writers and from informants that he met in his native spain. Abu ubaydallah al bakri, the book of routes and realms. The book of routes and realms abu ubaydallah albakri located south of the sahara desert is a broad expanse of grasslands, or savanna, that stretches across the breadth of the african continent from the atlantic ocean to the red sea. The only detailed description that we have for the town is given by al bakri in his book of routes and realms which was completed in 1068. The essay was written in 1067 and provides a historical context for the city of ghana, which no longer exists. Equally importantly, the existence of another great religion of the book. Two icons of the virgin mary two yoruba stone carvings 73. Abu ubaydallah albakri was a muslim scholar from cordoba, spain, who published a detailed description of the lands of western africa in 1068. Al bakri, from the book of routes and realms, corpus of early arabic sources for west african history, levtzion and hopkins. The city of ghana consists of two towns situated on a plain. Pages 6287 contain an extract from the book of routes and realms describing west africa further reading. Ghana in the structuring of the famous dual capital described by albakri. He was born to elite arabspeaking parents in southern iberia while it was ruled by muslims, and became a scholar who produced a geography called roads and kingdoms or. Kung woman secondary source readings marshall sahlins, stone age economics james scott, the moral economy of the peasant.

Routes and realms explores the ways in which muslims expressed attachment to land from the ninth through the eleventh centuries, the earliest period of intensive written production in arabic. The crater al bakri on the moon is named after him. Seated male and female figures the americas so farremoved, so different, yet. Book of roads and kingdoms or book of highways and kingdoms is the name of an eleventhcentury geography text by abu abdullah albakri. The book of routes and realms, by albakri, lays out additional trade routes utilized by the almoravid jihadists in the 11th century. Al bakri made use of earlier sources and it is likely that his description of aoudaghost comes from the writings of muhammad b. Koumbi saleh, the racially segregated capital of the ghana. Al bakri wrote about europe, north africa, and the arabian peninsula. Abu ubaydallah albakri, the book of routes and realms albakri is very well know for his travels throughout the islamic world. Abu ubayd alaziz al bakri lived in the eleventh century and died in 1094. Abulhasan ali al masudi, meadows of gold the land of ghana.

These excerpts come from albakris book of routes and realms, written in 1068. The power of place in the early islamic world breaks new ground in medieval islamic. He recorded a large amount of his travels mainly impressive parts of the empire. His bestknown work is kitab almasalik walmamalik book of routes and realms, 1068, which includes descriptions of the empire of ghana and the transsaharan trade routes that. His father was the ruler of a small province that lost its independence when al bakris father was deposed and killed. He was born to elite arabspeaking parents in southern iberia while it was ruled by muslims, and became a scholar who produced a geography called roads and kingdoms or, alternately translated. Two centuries later a detailed description of the town is provided by al bakri in his book of routes and realms which he completed in around 1068. The essay was written in 1067 and provides a historical context for. The book of routes and realms abu ubaydallah albakri ghana is a title given to their kings. His primary works were kitab al masalik wa al mamalik book of highways and of kingdoms and mujam. Al bakri was born in huelva, the son of the sovereign of the short lived principality of huelva. The residences and migrations of arab tribes world.

An lushan started an 8 year long rebellion which ultimately weakened and led to the destruction of the tang dynasty. Albakri, roads and kingdoms 1067 ce the author albakri is in many ways analogous to strabo. The conceptual innovation at the heart of the book is its identification of a discourse of place, a framework for approaching formal texts devoted to the representation of territory across genres. Al bakri is perhaps better known for his kitab al masalik wa al mamalik the book of routes and realms, one of the most important sources for the history of west africa and the sahara, including crucial information on the ghana empire circa 300. It was written in 10678 in cordoba, alandalus present day spain. Al bak ri was born in huelva, the son of the sovereign of the shortlived principality there. The al bakri crater on the moon is named after this great 11th century scholar. The city of ghana consists of two towns one of these towns, which is inhabited by muslims, is large and has. Al bakri, the book of routes and realms kitab al masalik walmarnalik, in corpus of early arabic sources for west african history, translated by j. World history topical approaches morehouse college. Albakri was born in huelva, the son of the sovereign of the short lived principality of huelva. Albakri wikipedias albakri as translated by gramtrans.

Since then their rulers have been given the title of al musulmani. Muhammad al idrisi, a 12thcentury moroccan geographer who lived in sicily. The power of place in the early islamic world by zayde antrim. Final exam filled out history 101 with canatella at lock. The first mentioned work was composed in 1068, based on literature and the reports of merchants and travellers, including yusuf al warraq and abraham ben jacob. Located south of the sahara desert is a broad expanse of grasslands, or savanna, that. Abu ubaydallah al bakri, the book of routes and realms, p.

Al bakri the book of routes and realms al masudi, meadow of gold an lushan rebellion. According to dozy, abu ubayd albakri, abdallah ibn abd alaziz ibn muhammad d. The book of routes and realms, by abu ubaydallah al bakri, eleventhcentury muslim historian and geographer. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. In the mediaeval arabic sources the word ghana can refer to a royal title, the name of a capital city or a kingdom. Assignment 1 flashcards medieval mali, pax mongolica, and. Saharan smuggling, terrorism, and the struggle for. After zawila, carrying on directly south, traders eventually reached the kingdom of kanem near lake chad, a flourishing commercial centres between the. In this groundbreaking first book, zayde antrim develops a discourse of place, a framework for approaching formal texts devoted to the representation of territory across genres. Long praised by instructors and students for its accessible regional chapter structure, readability, and sustained attention to social history, the a history of. Albakri crater a tangent of my research provides a visual analogy of this post my classics book club is reading the book of routes and realms by abu ubaydallah albakri and i wanted to use this blog post to orient myself. Book of roads and kingdoms or book of highways and kingdoms. Pages 6287 contain an extract from the book of routes and realms describing west africa.

He never travelled to the locations of which he wrote. Abu ubaydallah al bakri, the book of routes and realms blue. Ibn fadlans route from baghdad to bulghar on the volga. Page 1 abu ubaydallah albakri, the book of routes and realms 9 th century abu ubaydallah albakri ca. The human record is the leading primary source reader for the world history course, providing. Kingdom of ghana african studies center boston university. Human record sources of global history volume i to 1500. This book explores the ways in which muslims expressed attachment to land from the ninth through the eleventh centuries, the earliest period of intensive written production in arabic. He spent his entire life in al andalus, most of it in seville and almeria. Beyond this country lies another called malal, the king of which was sincerely attached to islam, while the common people of his kingdom remained polytheists. Unlike many authors of global history textbooks and readers, andrea and overfield do not rely on artificial patterns, imposed on the coincidental to create false connections between societies which in fact had little or nothing to do with one another. Albakri based his work on the accounts of traders, the writings of muhammad ibn yusuf alwarraq, 1 on the topography of north africa, and abraham ben jacob. In the 11th century the cordoban scholar abuof traveled to the region and gave a detailed description of the kingdom. By abu ubaydallah albakri mali a donation to those interested in curiosities ibn buttata, a traveler from morocco, describes his experience in mali and their cultural practices.