📜Geography & Travels

Dictionary of countries

معجم البلدان

Author: شهاب الدين أبو عبد الله ياقوت بن عبد الله الرومي الحموي (المتوفى: 626هـ) (d. 626)

About this work

كتاب معجم البلدان هو موسوعة شهيرة للأديب والشاعر الشيخ الإمام شهاب الدين أبو عبد الله ياقوت بن عبد الله الحموي الرومي البغدادي المشهور بياقوت الحموي. ولقد كتبها بين الأعوام 1220 و1224 ميلادية. ويعد معجم البلدان مصدراً تاريخياً هاماً لوصف تلك الحقبة، وتمت طباعتهِ عدة مرات وترجم إلى مختلف اللغات. كما أن الكتاب يحتوي على وصف لبلدات ومدن ودول عديدة خلال تلك الفترة بأسلوب عربي بليغ. ويذكر في كتابهِ المواضيع التالية: ذكر صورة الأرض وما قالهُ المتقدمون والمتأخرون من العلماء فيها. أخبار البلدان والتي يختص ذكرها بموضع دون آخر. تعريف لوحدات القياس المتداولة في زمانهِ كالفرسخ والبريد والكورة والميل. …

Translation

The book Mu’jam al-Buldan is a famous encyclopedia by the writer and poet Sheikh Imam Shihab al-Din Abu Abdullah Yaqut bin Abdullah al-Hamawi al-Rumi al-Baghdadi, famous for Yaqut al-Hamawi. He wrote it between the years 1220 and 1224 AD. The Dictionary of Countries is an important historical source for describing that era, and it has been printed several times and translated into various languages. The book also contains descriptions of many towns, cities, and countries during that period in an eloquent Arabic style. He mentions the following topics in his book: mentioning the image of the Earth and what the early and late scholars said about it. News of countries that are mentioned in one place or another. A definition of the units of measurement used in his time, such as the farsakh, the post, the ball, and the mile. …

Topics covered

First volume
the introduction
The first region:
The second region:
The third region:
Fourth Region:
Fifth Region:
Region Six:
Region Seven:
Mention what each of the twelve zodiac signs has to offer
As for the mail:
As for the Farsakh:
As for the tendency:
وأما الإقليم:
As for football:
As for the disagreement:
As for the astan:
وأما الرستاق:
As for the tasooj:
As for the soldiers:
As for Abad:
As for the railway:
As for Egypt:
As for length:
As for compensation:

معجم ما استعجم من أسماء البلاد والمواضع