Ya'qubi
Ahmad ibn Abu Ya'qub ibn Ja'far al-Ya'qubi | |
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| Title | Ya'qubi |
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| Died | AH 284 (AD 897-898)[1][2] |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Main interest(s) | History and geography |
| Notable work(s) | Ta'rikh ibn Wadih and Kitab al-Buldan |
Ahmad ibn Abu Ya'qub ibn Ja'far ibn Wahb Ibn Wadih al-Ya'qubi (died 897/8), known as Ahmad al-Ya'qubi, or Ya'qubi, was a Muslim geographer[3] and perhaps the first historian of world culture in the Abbasid Caliphate.[4]
Biography
He was a great-grandson of Wadih, the freedman of the caliph Mansur. Until 873 he lived in Armenia and Khorasan, working under the patronage of the Iranian dynasty of the Tahirids; then he traveled to India, Egypt and the Maghreb,[5] and died in Egypt. He died in AH 284 (897/8).[2]
His Shia sympathies are found throughout his works.[6]
In 872, he lists the kingdoms of Bilad el-Sudan, including Ghana, Gao, and Kanem.[7]
Works
- Ta'rikh ibn Wadih (Chronicle of Ibn Wadih)
- Kitab al-Buldan (Book of the Countries) - geography, contains a description of the Maghreb, with a full account of the larger cities and much topographical and political information (ed. M. de Goeje, Leiden, 1892).[5]
See also
References
- ^ Muhammad's successor
- ^ a b Ya'qubi at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Daly, Okasha El (2005). Egyptology : the missing millennium : ancient Egypt in medieval Arabic writings. London: UCL. p. 166. ISBN 1844720632.
- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Thatcher, Griffithes Wheeler (1911). "Ya'qūbī". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 904.
- ^ Ya'qubi
- ^ Levtzion, Nehemia (1973). Ancient Ghana and Mali. New York: Methuen & Co Ltd. p. 3. ISBN 0841904316.
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