Muruj al-Dahab wa Ma’adin al-Jawhar (SEVEN VOLUMES COMPLETE SET).

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8 vo. Volume I: 327 pp. / Volume II: 419 pp. / Volume III: 380 pp. / Volume IX: 382 pp./ Volume X: 302 pp. / Volume XI: general indices: 432 pp. / Volume VII: general indices: 433-814 pp., publisher’s original wrappers, set in mint condition, new, Beirut: Universite Libanaise, Historical Studies Series, no, 11, 1965-1979. Note: This edition was reviewed and edited by Charles Barbier de Meynard and Abel Pavet de Courteille. Charles Pellat reedited the whole text. Muruj al-dhahab wa ma'adin al-jawhar is al-Mas'udi's most important work, which is available today. According to al-Mas'udi himself in the preface of the book, it is a summary of two long books by him, Akhbar al-zaman and al-Awsat. The book counts as a main source for Islamic history and civilization. In this book, al-Mas'udi provided his wide-ranging geographical observations together with historical facts and significant anthropological information about social circumstances, beliefs, and customs of people in different areas.