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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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
al-Maqdisī → nameVariant → Al-Muqaddasī ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muqaddasi
al-Maqdisī → alsoKnownAs → al-Muqaddasī al-Bashshārī ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muqaddasi
Yangikent → mentionedBy → al-Muqaddasi ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muqaddasi
Siraf → documentedBy → al-Muqaddasi ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muqaddasi