Al-Muqaddasi

E112676
Arab scholar geographer historical person medieval writer travel writer

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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All labels observed (4)

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

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arab scholar ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
historical person ⓘ
medieval writer ⓘ
travel writer ⓘ
alternativeName Al-Muqaddasi ⓘ
surface form: al-Maqdisi

al-Maqdisī ⓘ
Al-Muqaddasi ⓘ
surface form: al-Muqaddasī
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@ar ⓘ
surface form: Bilad al-Sham

Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Egypt

Iraq ⓘ
Islamic world ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
surface form: Khurasan

North Africa ⓘ
surface form: Maghreb

Transoxiana ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Arab
fieldOfWork geography ⓘ
regional description ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
fullName Al-Muqaddasi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad 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 self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic Golden Age → notableScholar → Al-Muqaddasi ⓘ
Al-Muqaddasi → name → Al-Muqaddasi self-link ⓘ
Al-Muqaddasi → fullName → Al-Muqaddasi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Muqaddasi
Al-Muqaddasi → alternativeName → Al-Muqaddasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Maqdisi
Al-Muqaddasi → alternativeName → Al-Muqaddasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Muqaddasī