Ya'qubi
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| Muslim scholar |
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| Name: | Ahmad ibn Abu Ya'qub ibn Ja'far al-Ya'qubi |
| Title: | Ya'qubi |
| Birth: | |
| Death: | 284 AH (898) [1] or 897 CE [2] |
| Main interests: | History and geography |
| Works: | Ta'rikh ibn Wadih and Kitab al-Buldan |
Ahmad ibn Abu Ya'qub ibn Ja'far ibn Wahb Ibn Wadih al-Ya'qubi (? – 897), known as Ya'qubi, was a Muslim historian and geographer.[2]
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[edit] Biography
He was a great-grandson of Wadih, the freedman of the caliph Mansur. Until 873 he lived in Armenia and Khorasan, working under the patronage of the Iranian dynasty of the Tahirids; then he travelled in India, Egypt and the Maghreb, where he died in Sgt. He is said to have died in 897 CE.[2]
[edit] Works
- Ta'rikh ibn Wadih (Chronicle of Ibn Wadih)[2]
- Kitab al-Buldan (Book of the Countries) - geography, contains a description of the Maghreb, with a full account of the larger cities and much topographical and political information (ed. M. de Goeje, Leiden, 1892).[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Muhammad's successor
- ^ a b c d e Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain
