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Hundreds of exceptional cartographic images are scattered
throughout medieval and early modern Arabic, Persian, and Turkish
manuscript collections. The plethora of copies created around the
Islamic world over the course of eight centuries testifies to the
enduring importance of these medieval visions for the Muslim
cartographic imagination. With Medieval Islamic Maps, historian
Karen C. Pinto brings us the first in-depth exploration of medieval
Islamic cartography from the mid-tenth to the nineteenth century.
Pinto focuses on the distinct tradition of maps known collectively
as the Book of Roads and Kingdoms (Kitab al-Masalik wa al-Mamalik,
or KMMS), examining them from three distinct angles--iconography,
context, and patronage. She untangles the history of the KMMS maps,
traces their inception and evolution, and analyzes them to reveal
the identities of their creators, painters, and patrons, as well as
the vivid realities of the social and physical world they depicted.
In doing so, Pinto develops innovative techniques for approaching
the visual record of Islamic history, explores how medieval Muslims
perceived themselves and their world, and brings Middle Eastern
maps into the forefront of the study of the history of cartography.
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