Ibn Khordadbeh
Persian geographer and official (died 913) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abu'l-Qasim Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Khordadbeh (Arabic: ابوالقاسم عبیدالله ابن خرداذبه; 820/825–913), commonly known as Ibn Khordadbeh (also spelled Ibn Khurradadhbih; ابن خرددة), was a high-ranking bureaucrat and geographer of Persian descent[1] in the Abbasid Caliphate.[2] He is the author of the earliest surviving Arabic book of administrative geography.[3]
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Born | 820/825 Khurasan, Abbasid Caliphate |
Died | 913 |
Notable works | Book of Roads and Kingdoms |
Relatives | Abdallah ibn Khordadbeh (father) |
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