List of Illustrations

Introduction: The Life, Times, and Works of al-Idrisi

Kitab Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi Ikhtiraq al-Afaq / The Book of Pleasure for Those who Desire to Visit Far Away Places: Translation

The Preface

Clime 3, Part 1: Ifriqiya (partial)

Clime 3, Part 2: Ifriqiya

Clime 4, Part 2: Mediterranean Islands and Sicily

Clime 4, Part 3: South Italy and Southern Adriatic

Clime 5, Part 2: South Italy (partial)

Clime 5, Part 3: South Italy and Northern Adriatic

Bibliography

Index of Placenames

Jacka Katherine :

Katherine Jacka has a PhD in Middle Eastern History and Arabic from the University of Sydney. Her work has appeared in various publications including The Medieval Globe and The Conversation. She has taught medieval history at Macquarie University and in secondary schools in Sydney.

Ahmed Fatima Kzzo has a PhD from the University of Rome "Sapienza". Ahmed has been a member of the Italian Expedition in Ebla (Syria) since 2004 and is currently a fellow at the Columbia University Global Centre in Amman.

Matt King is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of South Florida and works on the medieval Mediterranean. His first monograph, Dynasties Intertwined: The Zirids of Ifriqiya and the Normans of Sicily, was published in 2022.

Sherif Abdelkarim is Assistant Professor in English at Grinnell College, Iowa. Sherif specializes in English historical linguistics and¿Old English, Middle English, and classical and early postclassical Arabic literature. His work has appeared in¿New Literary History and¿PMLA, among other journals and scholarly outlets.