Estakhri map, from the "Book of roads and kingdoms".
A map by Estakhri from the text
Al-aqalim.
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al Istakhri (aka Estakhri, Persian: استخری, i.e. from the city of Estakhr, b. - d. 957 AD [346AH][1]) was a medieval Persian geographer in the 10th century.
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It was Estakhri who created the earliest known account of windmills. His Arabic language works included Al-masaalik al-mamaalik (المسالك الممالك, "Traditions of Countries") and Suwar al-Aqaaleem ( صور الاقاليم, "Shapes of the Climes").
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- ^ Mojtahed-Zadeh, Pirous. "The Persian Gulf in the Geographical Views of the Ancient World" In Cartographie Historique du Golfe Persique. Edited by M. Taleghani, D. Silva Couto, & J.-L. Bacque-Grammont. Louvain, Belgium: Diffusion, 2006. 17.
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