Istakhri

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Abul Qasim Ubaidullah ibn Abdullah ibn Khurdad-bih (a.k.a. Istakhri, Persian: استخری, i.e. from the city of Istakhr) was a medieval Persian geographer.

Among his works were Al-masaalik al-mamaalik (المسالك الممالك) and Suwar al-Aqaaleem (صور الاقاليم)

It was Istakhri who created the earliest known account of windmills.

[edit] See also

• Istakhri in Great Encyclopedia of Islam: http://www.cgie.org.ir/shavad.asp?id=123&avaid=3609 (in Persian)
• List of Iranian scientists