Ya'qubi
| Ahmad ibn Abu Ya'qub ibn Ja'far al-Ya'qubi | |
|---|---|
| Title | Ya'qubi اليعقوبي |
| Died | AH 284 (AD 897-898)[1][2] |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Religion | Islam |
| 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 (Arabic: اليعقوبي), was a Muslim geographer[3] and perhaps the first historian of world culture in the Abbasid Caliphate.[4]
Contents
1 Biography
2 Works
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Biography
He was a great-grandson of Wadih, the freedman of the caliph Al-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) - biology, 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]
Ya'qubi (1861). A. W. T. Juynboll, ed. Kitab al-Buldan (in Arabic). BRILL.- Alt: Ya'qubi (1861). A. W. T. Juynboll, ed. Kitab al-Buldan (in Arabic). BRILL.
- Alt: Ya'qubi (1861). A. W. T. Juynboll, ed. Kitab al-Buldan (in Arabic). BRILL.
See also
- List of Islamic scholars
References
^ Muhammad's successor
^ ab Ya'qubi at Encyclopædia Britannica
^ Thatcher 1911.
^ Daly, Okasha El (2005). Egyptology : the missing millennium : ancient Egypt in medieval Arabic writings. London: UCL. p. 166. ISBN 1844720632.
^ ab
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. Encyclopædia Britannica. 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.
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. Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 904.
External links
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| Arabic Wikisource has original text related to this article: Tarikh al-Yaqubi |
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