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]
| Author | Muhammad bin Abd al-Munim al-Himyari |
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| Original title | كتاب الروض المعطار في خبر الأقطار |
| Translator | Évariste Lévi-Provençal (French), María Pilar Maestro González (Spanish) |
| Language | Arabic |
| Subject | History of Muslim Iberia |
| Genre | Geography |
Publication date | 14th century |
| Publication place | Hafsid Caliphate |
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