The best divisions for knowledge of the regions : a translation of Ahsan al-taqasim fi maṙifat al-aqalim / al-Muqaddasi ; translated by Basil Anthony Collins ; reviewed by Muhammad Hamid al-Tai.

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Muqaddasī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, approximately 946- Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʻrifat al-aqālīm

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The best divisions for knowledge of the regions : a translation of Ahsan al-taqasim fi maṙifat al-aqalim / al-Muqaddasi ; translated by Basil Anthony Collins ; reviewed by Muhammad Hamid al-Tai.