Al-Muqaddasi
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Jerusalem |
Died | Baghdad |
Iraq | |
991 AD | |
Baghdad | |
Iraq | |
Influenced by | Abu Zayd al-Balkhi |
Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Interests | Geography And Cartography In Medieval Islam |
Islamic Geography | |
Books | The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions: A Translation of Ahsan Al-taqasim Fi Maʻrifat Al-aqalim |
Education | University of Mosul |
Notabl work | The Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions |
School or tradit | Balkhi |
Date of birth | January 1,5676 |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2581029 |
Al-Muqaddasi Life story
Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr, commonly known by the nisba al-Maqdisi or al-Muqaddasī was a medieval Arab geographer, author of Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, as well as author of the book, Description of Syria.