involved in al-Idrīsī’s projects, but that overall his work overall manifests a clear Islamic identity. Here, as elsewhere, there is also a thought-provoking conversation about the purpose of maps and map-making, pondering their audience, their patrons and their objectives. The discussion then moves to questions surrounding the impact of al-Idrīsī’s work and certainly many later authors were influenced by him including the famous Ibn Khaldūn. Chapters 6 and 7 turn to theOttoman Empire and the key cartographers of this period. These include the Sharfī family and their contemporaries. Again, the style and purpose of their mapmaking reflected the broader contemporary context with the rising maritime dominance of the Ottoman Empire. The conversation concerning Western influences on Islamic map-making continues across these sections, which weigh the evidence indicating that contemporary cartographers drew upon Catalan works. A special point of interest is the discussion on why the New World was not included by al-Sharfī in his representation of the world’s oceans, the proposed answer to this question being that he was drawing upon an older cartographic tradition that predated the discovery of the New World. It is also stressed that al-Sharfī’s close alignment with Ottoman politics and their main geographic interests helped to delineate his focus. Overall this very interesting book makes a substantial contribution towards the creation of a narrative for Islamic perceptions of the Mediterranean. Kahlaoui is especially impressive in resisting the urge to offer a straightforward uncomplicated arc of development spanning the early medieval and early modern periods; rather, he depicts a nuanced and complex process of development involving multiple influences and as many discontinuities as continuities. His sensitivity to the audiences and objectives of each author/cartographer is equally notable, once again reinforcing the plausibility of his thesis. The main chapters are supplemented by a long and helpful appendix providing a catalogue of the manuscript sources employed. There are, in addition, many detailed tables of evidence as well as fascinating photographs of key maps throughout. It has to be said that non-specialists might find this work rather heavy going; the author works through the evidence at a granular level and it is very closely argued. That said, there is no doubt that this work makes a solid contribution to the re-creation of a multi-civilisational understanding of the Mediterranean.

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Fayyum 的村庄：13 世纪农村、伊斯兰埃及的登记册

参与了 al-Idrīsī 的项目，但总的来说，他的工作总体上表现出清晰的伊斯兰身份。在这里，与其他地方一样，也有关于地图和地图制作目的的发人深省的对话，思考他们的观众、他们的顾客和他们的目标。然后讨论转向围绕 al-Idrīsī 作品的影响的问题，当然，许多后来的作者都受到了他的影响，包括著名的 Ibn Khaldūn。第 6 章和第 7 章转向奥斯曼帝国和这一时期的主要制图师。其中包括沙菲家族及其同时代人。再次，他们绘制地图的风格和目的反映了更广泛的当代背景，以及奥斯曼帝国不断上升的海上优势。关于西方对伊斯兰地图制作影响的对话在这些部分继续进行，权衡证据表明当代制图师借鉴了加泰罗尼亚的作品。一个特别的兴趣点是关于为什么 al-Sharfī 没有将新世界包括在他对世界海洋的描绘中的讨论，这个问题的建议答案是他正在利用早于发现海洋的更古老的制图传统。新世界。还强调的是，沙菲与奥斯曼政治及其主要地理利益的密切联系有助于划定他的重点。总的来说，这本非常有趣的书为伊斯兰对地中海的看法的叙述做出了重大贡献。Kahlaoui 在抵制提供跨越中世纪早期和现代早期的直接简单的发展弧线的冲动方面尤其令人印象深刻。相当，他描绘了一个微妙而复杂的发展过程，涉及多种影响和与连续性一样多的不连续性。他对每位作者/制图师的受众和目标的敏感性同样值得注意，再次加强了他论文的合理性。主要章节由一个长而有用的附录补充，提供了所用手稿来源的目录。此外，还有许多详细的证据表以及关键地图的迷人照片。不得不说，非专业人士可能会觉得这项工作相当繁重；作者在细粒度级别研究证据，并且争论非常激烈。也就是说，毫无疑问，这项工作为重建对地中海的多文明理解做出了坚实的贡献。