Al-Muqaddasi

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Al-Muqaddasi was a prominent 10th-century Arab geographer best known for his detailed regional descriptions of the Islamic world during the Islamic Golden Age.

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Al-Muqaddasi canonical 2
Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Muqaddasi 1
al-Maqdisi 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arab scholar
geographer
historical person
medieval writer
travel writer
alternativeName al-Maqdisi
linked to: Al-Muqaddasi

al-Maqdisī
al-Muqaddasī
linked to: Al-Muqaddasi
approximateFloruit c. 985 CE
birthPlace Jerusalem
centuryActive 10th century
contributedTo development of Islamic geography
culture Islamic civilization
describedAspect administrative divisions
cities
economic conditions
languages and dialects
natural environment
religious life
roads
trade routes
describedRegion Arabian Peninsula
Bilad al-Sham
linked to: Bilad al-Sham@ar

Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt

Iraq
Islamic world
Khurasan
linked to: Khorasan

Maghreb
linked to: North Africa

Transoxiana
era Islamic Golden Age
ethnicGroup Arab
linked to: Arabs
fieldOfWork geography
regional description
travel literature
fullName Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Muqaddasi
linked to: Al-Muqaddasi
historicalImportance primary source for 10th-century Islamic world
influenced later Muslim geographers
modern historical geography of the Middle East
knownFor detailed regional descriptions of the Islamic world
systematic classification of Islamic lands
languageOfWork Arabic
methodology first-hand observation through travel
use of administrative and economic criteria in regional division
name Al-Muqaddasi
notableWork Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim
notableWorkEnglishTitle The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions
religion Islam
workGenre geographical treatise
travel narrative

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Islamic Golden Age notableScholar Al-Muqaddasi
Al-Muqaddasi name Al-Muqaddasi
Al-Muqaddasi fullName Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Muqaddasi
linked to: Al-Muqaddasi
Al-Muqaddasi alternativeName al-Maqdisi
linked to: Al-Muqaddasi
Al-Muqaddasi alternativeName al-Muqaddasī
linked to: Al-Muqaddasi