[ILLUSTRATED SELECTIONS FROM AN ARABIC 14TH CENTURY TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF AFRICA] Wasf Ifrîqîyah wa-al-Maghrib wa-al-Andalus... [i.e. Description of Africa, Morocco and Andalusia in the middle of the eighth century of migration]

HASAN HUSNÎ ABD AL-WAHHÂB, (1884-1968)., Majallat al-Badr., Tunisia, [AH 1338 - ca. 1922]. COMPLETE TITLE: [ILLUSTRATED SELECTIONS FROM AN ARABIC 14TH CENTURY TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF AFRICA] Wasf Ifrîqîyah wa-al-Maghrib wa-al-Andalus awâsit al-qarn al- thamin lil-Hijrah: Muqtataf min kitâb Masâlik al-absâr fī mamâlik al- amsâr. [i.e. Description of Africa, Morocco and Andalusia in the middle of the eighth century of migration]. Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Arabic. 50 p., b/w plates.First edition of this rare excerpt book to "Masâlik al-absâr fī mamâlik al- amsâr" by Arab-Mamluk statesman, geographer and historian Shihâb al-Dîn Aḥmad ibn Yahyâ al-'Umarî al-ma'rûf bi-Ibn Fadl Allâh al-Kâtib al-Dimashqî, (1301-1349). "Masâlik al-absâr fī mamâlik al- amsâr" is an account of the Mohammedan kingdoms of the west, excluding Egypt, by Shihâb al-Dîn, who was descended from an old Arab family. The countries described in the book are Abyssinia, Kanem, Nubia, Mali, the Kingdom of the Be