Estakhri
For places in Iran, see Estakhri, Iran.
| Al-Istakhri | |
|---|---|
| Died | 957 CE |
| Residence | Islamic civilization |
| Academic background | |
| School or tradition | Balkhi school |
| Influences | Al-Balkhi |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Main interests | Islamic geography |
Estakhri map, from the "Book of roads and kingdoms".
A map by Estakhri from the text Al-aqalim.
A map of the Persian Gulf by Estakhri.
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al Istakhri (aka Estakhri, Persian: استخری, i.e. from the Iranian city of Estakhr, b. - d. 957 AD [346AH][1]) was a Persian medieval geographer in medieval Islam and traveler of the 10th century.
Career
Estakhri created the earliest known account of windmills. His Arabic language works included masalik al-mamalik (مسالك الممالك, "Traditions of Countries") and Suwar al-Aqaaleem ( صور الاقاليم, "Shapes of the Climes").
He was a traveller whose geographical work has been translated into German by Mordtmann. When Istakhari was in the Indus Valley he met another celebrated traveller, Ibn Haukul.[2]
See also
External links
- World Map of al-Istakhri
- Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1989). "al-Masālik wa'l-Mamālik". The Encyclopedia of Islam, Volume 6. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 639-640.
- de Goeje, M.J., ed. (1927). Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum (1927), vol 1: Viae Regnorum descriptio ditionis Moslemicae auctore Abu Ishák al-Fárisí al-Istakhrí (in Arabic). Leden: E. J. Brill.
- Ouseley, William, ed. (1800). The oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century. London. - Note: in fact, it is a work by Istakhri
References
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