 A map of the trade network of theRadhanites, as reported in theBook of Roads and Kingdoms. | |
| Author | Ibn Khordadbeh |
|---|---|
| Original title | كتاب المسالك والممالك |
| Language | Arabic |
| Subject | Geography |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Published | c. 870 CE |
| Publication place | Abbasid Caliphate (present-day Iran) |
| Media type | Manuscript |
TheBook of Roads and Kingdoms (Arabic:كِتَاب ٱلْمَسَالِك وَٱلْمَمَالِك,romanized: Kitāb al-Masālik wa-l-Mamālik) is a 9th-centurygeography text written by thePersian geographerIbn Khordadbeh. It maps and describes the major trade routes of the time within theMuslim world, and discusses distant trading regions such asJapan,Korea, andChina.[1] It was written around 870 CE, during the reign ofAl-Muʿtamid of theAbbasid Caliphate, while its author was Director of Posts and Police for theAbbasid province ofJibal in modern-dayIran.
The work uses much of the Persian administrative terms, gives considerable attention topre-Islamic Iranian history, and uses the "native Iranian cosmological division system of the world". These all show "the existence of Iranian sources at the core of the work".[2]
The book is also referred to inEnglish asThe Book of Roads and Provinces.
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