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{{Short description|Arabic geography book}}
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|name=Kitab al-Buldan
|image = Kitab al-Buldan-manuscript of Muchlinski.jpg
|author=[[Al-Yaqubi]]
|publisher=Leiden, 1860–1892.<br>Dar-alkutob, [[Beirut]], 1422 AH
|published=1422 AH
|pages=
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|language=[[Arabic]]
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'''''Kitab al-Buldan''''' ({{langx|ar|كتاب البلدان}}, ''Book of the Countries'') is a book written by the author, and [[geographer]] [[Ya'qubi|Abu Abbas Al-Yaqoubi]] (died 897) and it is one of the oldest Arab geographical sources dating back to the days of [[Abbasid Caliphate]]. The text describes many countries such as [[Iran]], [[Turkestan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Iraq]], [[Egypt]], [[Maghreb]], and other countries in Asia and Africa.<ref>{{Cite web
| url = http://shamela.ws/index.php/book/10808
| title = المكتبة الشاملة • الموقع الرسمي للمكتبة الشاملة
| website = shamela.ws
| language = ar
| accessdate = April 30, 2018
}}</ref>
The first edition of the book was printed by the Dutch monarch, [[Michael Jan de Goeje|M. de Goeje]], Leiden in 1850 and then in 1892.
The book is a kind of "literary geography", because the book covers the history, ethnography, and myths related to the places.
==References==
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{{wikisourcelang|ar|مؤلف:اليعقوبي|Yaqubi}}
[[Category:9th-century Arabic-language books]]
[[Category:Abbasid literature]]
[[Category:Geography books]]
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