Al-Bakri Kitab al-Masalik wa'l-Mamalik title-variant source-control seam

Epistemic status

Inferred L3 evidence-packet article.

This article describes an entity that is not directly attested. It is an inference from the evidence listed below.

Summary

Codex source-reading decision from the pre-1550 source-control title-prior lane.

What is being inferred

Al-Bakri Kitab al-Masalik wa'l-Mamalik title-variant source-control seam is treated here only as the inferred lacuna described by the candidate record and the evidence packet below.

What is attested

• Evidence 856 records: The entry directly attests the work and its ordinary title/source situation.
• Evidence 857 records: The entry confirms the medieval work and source-dependence context but not a missing object.
• Evidence 858 records: The title variant is ordinary translation/bibliographic control, not an inferred source.
• Evidence 859 records: The PDF is useful manuscript/edition route context but not a bounded missing entity.
• Evidence 860 records: The page is a discounted route lead only.
• Evidence 4417 records: Offline judge treated existing inferon 190 (source_dependence) as support for Al-Bakri Kitab al-Masalik wa'l-Mamalik title-variant source-control seam. Evidence strength: bounded but below-publication structural/source inferon; sufficient for L2 review, not for article promotion. The accountable path is EvidencePath 1163.

Why infer this entity

AI-assessed L2 Quotient triage: AI judge warrant assessment for L2 Quotient triage; existing AI-created evidence remains below publication.

Evidence ledger

• Evidence 856: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography, al-Bakri, entry. The entry directly attests the work and its ordinary title/source situation. Role: Bibliographic control.
• Evidence 857: Encyclopaedia Universalis, al-Bakri, entry. The entry confirms the medieval work and source-dependence context but not a missing object. Role: Supporting evidence.
• Evidence 858: Britannica, Abu Ubayd al-Bakri, biography. The title variant is ordinary translation/bibliographic control, not an inferred source. Role: Lead context.
• Evidence 859: Bibliotheca Alexandrina manuscript studies PDF, PDF. The PDF is useful manuscript/edition route context but not a bounded missing entity. Role: Lead context.
• Evidence 860: Sultanate Institute, al-Masalik wa al-Mamalik li al-Bakri, manuscript page. The page is a discounted route lead only. Role: Lead context.
• Evidence 4417: Offline existing-inferon judge ledger control source, existing_inferon_judge_promote:inferon:190. Offline judge treated existing inferon 190 (source_dependence) as support for Al-Bakri Kitab al-Masalik wa'l-Mamalik title-variant source-control seam. Evidence strength: bounded but below-publication structural/source inferon; sufficient for L2 review, not for article promotion. The accountable path is EvidencePath 1163. Role: Noetic interpretation.

Counterarguments

• The packet contains no separate counterevidence item; this absence does not remove the need for challenge.

Confidence scores

• Direct attestation: 15
• Existence warrant: 56
• Specificity confidence: 58
• Reconstruction dependence: 70
• Counterevidence pressure: 0

What would change the score

• A direct attestation would move this out of the inferred catalogue.
• Stronger independent evidence would raise the warrant or specificity.
• Better counterevidence would lower the warrant or force retirement.