Kitāb al-Rawḍ al-miʿṭār fi khabar al-aqṭār (The Book of the Fragrant Garden) is a fourteenth-century Arabic geography by al-Ḥimyarī that is a primary source for the history of Muslim Iberia in the Middle Ages, though it is based in part on the earlier account by Muhammad al-Idrisi. Very little is known about the author, except that he was close to the Hafsid dynasty. It was edited and translated into French by Évariste Lévi-Provençal in 1938[1] and into Spanish by María Pilar Maestro González in 1963.[2]

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Kitab al-Rawd al-Mitar
AuthorMuhammad bin Abd al-Munim al-Himyari
Original titleكتاب الروض المعطار في خبر الأقطار
TranslatorÉvariste Lévi-Provençal (French), María Pilar Maestro González (Spanish)
LanguageArabic
SubjectHistory of Muslim Iberia
GenreGeography
Publication date
14th century
Publication placeHafsid Caliphate
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