An Ottoman cosmography : translation of Cihānnümā
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An Ottoman cosmography : translation of Cihānnümā
（Handbuch der Orientalistik = Handbook of Oriental studies, section 1 . The Near and Middle East ; v. 142）
Brill, c2022
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Cihānnümā
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Description
Cihannuma is the summa of Ottoman geography and one of the axial texts of Islamic intellectual history. Katib Celebi (d. 1657) sought to combine the Islamic geographical tradition with the new European discoveries, atlases and surveys. His cosmography included a comprehensive description of the regions of the world, extending westward from Japan and as far as the eastern Ottoman provinces. Ebu Bekr b. Behram ed-Dimaski (d. 1691) continued with a survey of the Arab countries and the remaining Ottoman provinces of Anatolia. Ibrahim Muteferrika combined the two, with additional notes and maps of his own, in one of the earliest Ottoman printed books, Kitab-i Cihannuma (1732).
Our translation includes the entire text of Mu teferrik a's edition, distinguishing clearly between the contributions of the three authors. Based on Katib Celebi's original manuscript we have made hundreds of corrections to Muteferrika's text. Additional corrections are based on comparison with Katib Celebi's Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Latin and Italian sources.
Table of Contents
Preface
References and Abbreviations
Outline of Cihannuma
Introduction to Cihannuma
Gottfried Hagen
Introduction to the Translation
Robert Dankoff
Translation of Cihannuma
Part 1, by Katib Celebi
Ferenc Csirkes, John Curry and Gary Leiser
Introduction
1 On the Earth
2 On the Seas
3 On the Major Parts of the Earth
4 On the Continent of Europe
5 On (the Continent of) Africa
6 On the Continent of Asia
7 On (the Continent of) America, i.e., the New World
8 On 90 Latitude
9 On the South Pole
10 On the Relation of Countries and Directions, According to the Triplicities of the Constellations and Planets
11 On the Inhabitants of the World with Respect to Religions
12 Island of Yapunia (Iaponia, Japan)
13 Map of (New) Guinea
14 Islands of Chin u Hind (East Indies)
15 Islands of Gilolo and Molucca
16 Mindanao, etc.
17 Sumatra
18 Borneo
19 Island of Ceylon
20 Clime of Chin u Machin (China)
21 Clime of Khitay (Cathay)
22 Clime of India
23 Clime of Sind
24 Country of Makran
25 Clime of Zabulistan, Khwast and Ashnaghar
26 Country of Kashmir and Tibet
27 Country of Sijistan
28 Country of Badakhshan, Ghur and Tukharistan
29 Clime of Kirman, Hormuz and Lar
30 Clime of Fars
31 Country of Khuzistan and Luristan
32 Clime of Jabal (i.e., Jibal) or Persian Iraq
33 Clime of Khurasan and Quhistan
34 Country of Qumis, Tabaristan and Mazandaran
35 Clime of Khwarazm, Daylam and Gilan
36 Clime of Transoxiana
37 Clime of Turkistan and the Steppe
38 Clime of Azerbaijan
39 Clime of Arran, Muqan and Shirwan
40 Country of Dagestan, Georgia, etc.
41 Clime of Arminiyya
Part 2, by Ebu Bekr b. Behram ed-Dimaski
Gary Leiser
42 Clime of al-Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia)
43 Clime of 'Iraq al-'Arab (Lower Mesopotamia)
44 Description of the Arabian Peninsula
45 Region of Sham (Syria)
46 Description of (Province of) Anatoli
Appendix: Maps and Diagrams
About Maps and Diagrams
Maps and Diagrams
Index
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