Ibn Hawqal

Mohammed Abu al -Qasim ibn Hauqal, Arabic محمد أبو القاسم بن حوقل, DMG Muhammad Abu al - Qāsim b. Hawqal (* in Nisibis, Turkey; † after 977 ), was an Arab geographer and writer of the 10th century. Together with al - Istachri and al - Muqaddasi he is one of the representatives of descriptive geography.

Life and work

Growing up between Baghdad Shiite, he undertook 943-969 numerous trips to North Africa, Syria, the southern Sahara, Egypt, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Mesopotamia, Iraq, Persia, Khorezm, Transoxiana and Sicily.

His geographical work is in his Kitab Surat al 977 written down - Ard / كتاب صورة الأرض / Kitāb Sura al - Ard l /, Book of the image of the earth ' and in al - Ista Chris 951 wrote Kitab Masalik wa-l - Mamalik ( "Book get the routes and countries " ) remained.