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Abstract enMar¯asid al-Ittıl¯a‘, written by Saf¯ı al-D¯ın Abd al-Mu’min al-Baghd¯ad¯ı, is a geographic dictionary. It is formed in an encyclopedic style and introduces Islamic geography. Records and informations on the location names in the book are very important for Medieval Turkish history. In addition, including the places of non-residential areas makes it a more valuable work. Although Mar¯asid al-Ittıl¯a‘ is a concise of Mu’jam al-Buld¯an written by Y¯akut al-Hamaw¯ı, still it must be considered as a indispensible source for especially in historical and literatural researches on Anatolian geography. By introducing mountains, seas, rivers, lakes residental areas, it contrutes to the studies on historical geography. In this work, it is intended to analyze the records of Mar¯asid al-Ittıl¯a‘ especially on Istanbul, Konya and many other of Anatolian cities and geographic places

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