Medieval Authors about East Africa
By Pieter Derideaux
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No Books have appeared on this subject for many years. This is strange as a number have appeared concerning West Africa. To fill this void I try making these texts available to everybody.
When using these texts; (in e.g. articles or on a website) please mention my name; I worked years on collecting - translating them. No commercial use allowed.
Pieter Derideaux
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Christian World
India (Muslim+Hindu)
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Neighboring African States
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-Ibn al Astarkuni (d1153)
-Letter from Aden (1153)
-Hun Hao (d1155)
-Ibn Rushd (1160)
-Ahmad el Tusi (1160)
-Al Shayzari (1164)
-Al Iskandari (d1165)
-Al Garnati + map (1169)
-Al Samani (1172)
-Samaw'al ibn Yahya (1175)
-Chou Ch'u-fei (1178)
-Letter from Spain (1183)
-Abu Bakr ibn al-Muzhir(1184)
-Tombstone (1193)
-Inscription from Kemoelan (1194)
-Eustathius (d1194)
-A letter from Aden (1198)
-Ch'en Yuan-Ching (end 12th cent)
-Sadr al-Din al Husayni (end 12th cent)
-Inscription Soerabaja(12th)
-Ibn al Jawzi (d1200)
-Al Tarsusi (12th cent)
-Patli (12th cent)
-Malayagiri (12th cent)
-Muhammad b. Sa'id al-Qalhati (1200)
-Afdal al-Din Kirmani (1200)
-Jacques de Vitey (1200)
-Abu Salih (1200)
-Nizami Ganjavi (1202)
-Mpu Monaguna: (1205)
-Al Sulami (1208)
-Ruzbihan Baqli (d1209)
-Al Saqati (1210)
-Ibn Tibbon (1210)
-Abul Mufakhir (1219)
-Ibn Esfandeaur (d1220)
-Yakut (1220)
-Sadi of Shiraz (1221)
-Chao Ju Kua (1226)
-Awfi Buhari (1228)
-Fariduddin Attar (d1229)
-Abdallatif (d1231)
-Ibn Al-Athir (1231)
-Ibn al Mujawir (1232)
-Ibn Al Baytar (d1249)
-Ibn Said al Maghribi (1250)
-Al Marrakushi (1250)
-Aladua Ralakatibu (1250)
-Ibn al Djauzi (1256)
-Liu Yu (1259)
-Narasimha Deva I (d1264)
-Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi (1273)
-Kublai Khan (1273)
-Al Tusi (d1274)
-Bar Ebroyo (1266-1279)
-Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1281)
-Ibn Khallikan (d1282)
-Baba Afdal (d1283)
-Amir Khusrau (1283)
-Al Qazwini (1283)
-Inscription at G. Boetak (1294)
-Al Muzaffar (1295)
-Marco Polo (1295)
-Ghazan Khan (1295)
-Ma Tuan lin (1295)
-al Malik al Ashraf Umar (d1296)
-Tuo Tuo (d1298)
-Ahmad ibn al Harrani (1300)
-Wang Cheng (1300)
-Abu al Uqul (1300)
-mss found at Quseir (1300)
-Chang-Te-hsiang (11th-13th century)
-Chang Shi-Nan (12th-13th century)
-Chang Chih-fu (12th-13th century)
-Mpu Triguna (13th century)
-Ibn al Kashani (13th century)
-Rudrayamala Tantra (1300)
-Ibn al Tiqtaqa (1302)
-Inscription of Kertarajasa (1305)
-Sanjar al Kamali (1310)
-Riccobaldi Ferrariensis (1312)
-Pietro d'Abano (1316)
-Rashid al Din Fazlallah (1318)
-Marino sanudo + map (1320)
-Chu Ssu Pen + map (1320)
-Al Dimashqi (1325)
-Ibn Taimiyyah (1328)
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