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Map Approximate Distribution of the Rites or Schools of Law and Religious Sects of Islam in Arabia. Arabia distribuzione approssimativa dei riti o scuole giuridiche e delle sette religiose Musulmane

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Title

  • Approximate Distribution of the Rites or Schools of Law and Religious Sects of Islam in Arabia.

Other Title

  • Arabia distribuzione approssimativa dei riti o scuole giuridiche e delle sette religiose Musulmane

Summary

  • This map illustrates the varieties of religious affiliation in the Muslim populations of the Middle East. It shows the locations of adherents to the four schools of Sunni jurisprudence and the distribution of Shia populations. Where it is impossible to portray this diversity visually, the sheet provides a few paragraphs of further explanation, such as on the Senussi order in Medina, the Maliki school of Islamic law in Syria, and the Hanafi school as the official law of the Ottoman provinces. The map is rich in detail, and shows a profusion of small towns and villages. Deserts or areas "of low culture" such as the Arabian Desert, the Sinai, and the Eastern Desert of Egypt are shown as white space. Information on the map is given as of September 1918. The map covers the area from Homs (Syria) and Chermansciah (present-day Kemanshah, Iran) in the north to the entire Arabian Peninsula in the south and east. The map was created by the prolific Italian cartographer Achille Dardano (1870-1938) and annotated by Carlo Alfonso Nollini (1872-1938), a scholar who was at one time the professor of famous Egyptian writer Taha Hussein. The map was photolithographed by the Italian Ministry of Colonies.

Names

  • Dardano, A. (Achille), 1870-1938 Cartographer.
  • Nollini, Carlo Alfonso, 1872-1938 Annotator.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : Italy. Ministry of Colonies, 1918.

Headings

  • -  Bahrain
  • -  Iraq
  • -  Israel
  • -  Jordan
  • -  Kuwait
  • -  Lebanon
  • -  Oman
  • -  Qatar
  • -  Saudi Arabia
  • -  United Arab Emirates
  • -  Yemen
  • -  1918
  • -  Arabian Peninsula
  • -  Hanafites
  • -  Hanbalites
  • -  Islam
  • -  Islamic law
  • -  Malikites
  • -  Muslims
  • -  Senussites
  • -  Shafiites
  • -  Shiites
  • -  Sunnites

Notes

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668619

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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Dardano, A. , Cartographer, and Carlo Alfonso Nollini. Approximate Distribution of the Rites or Schools of Law and Religious Sects of Islam in Arabia. [place of publication not identified: Italy. Ministry of Colonies, 1918] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668619/.

APA citation style:

Dardano, A. & Nollini, C. A. (1918) Approximate Distribution of the Rites or Schools of Law and Religious Sects of Islam in Arabia. [place of publication not identified: Italy. Ministry of Colonies] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668619/.

MLA citation style:

Dardano, A. , Cartographer, and Carlo Alfonso Nollini. Approximate Distribution of the Rites or Schools of Law and Religious Sects of Islam in Arabia. [place of publication not identified: Italy. Ministry of Colonies, 1918] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668619/>.