Back شمس الدين المقدسي Arabic Müqəddəsi (coğrafiyaçı) Azerbaijani আল-মাকদিসি Bengali/Bangla Al-Muqaddassí Catalan Al-Muqaddasī German Al-Mukaddasi Esperanto Al-Muqaddasi Spanish Al-Muqaddasi Basque شمسالدین مقدسی Persian Al-Muqaddasi French
Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Shams al-Dīn Al-Maqdisī مُحَمَّد ابْن أَحْمَد شَمْس ٱلدِّيْن ٱلْمَقْدِسِي | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 945/946 CE |
| Died | 991 CE |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Al-Balkhi |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| School or tradition | Balkhi school |
| Main interests | Islamic geography |
| Notable works | The Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions |
Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr (Arabic: شَمْس ٱلدِّيْن أَبُو عَبْد ٱلله مُحَمَّد ابْن أَحْمَد ابْن أَبِي بَكْر, romanized: Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr; c. 945/946 – 991), commonly known by the nisba al-Maqdisi (Arabic: ٱلْمَقْدِسِي, romanized: al-Maqdisī) or al-Muqaddasī (Arabic: ٱلْمُقَدَّسِي) was a medieval Arab[1] geographer, author of Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm (The Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions), as well as author of the book, Description of Syria (Including Palestine).
Al-Maqdisi is one of the earliest known historical figures to self-identify as a Palestinian during his travels.[2][3]
- ^ Rahman, Mushtaqur (2008). "Al‐Muqaddasī". Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. p. 145. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-4425-0_8963. ISBN 978-1-4020-4559-2.
- ^ Al-Ju'beh, Nazmi (2008). Heacock, Roger (ed.). Temps et espaces en Palestine: Flux et résistances identitaires. Beirut, Lebanon: Presses de l'Ifpo. pp. 205–231. ISBN 9782351592656. Archived from the original on 19 Mar 2018.
- ^ al-Maqdīsī, Muḥammad Ibn-Aḥmad (2003). Riḥlat al-Maqdisī : aḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʻrifat al-aqālīm ; 985 - 990. Beirut: al-Muʼassasa al-ʻArabīya li-'d-dirāsāt wa-'n-našr [u.a.] / The Arab Institute for Studies and Publishing. p. 362. ISBN 978-9953441351. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
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