XIR370216 Map of the South of Russia and Azerbaijan (vellum) by Al Istakhri (Al-Estakhri) (10th century); Egyptian National Library, Cairo, Egypt; (add.info.: Al-Istakhri was a celebrated 10th century Persian geographer and cartographer; his atlas \'al-Masalik wa al-Mamalik\' also gives descriptions of roads. cities, monuments throughout the Islamic world;); Persian, out of copyright.