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Al-Muqaddasi
Also known as Al-Maqdisi, Abu ʻAbdallâh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Al-Muḳaddasi, Muhammad bin Ahmad Shamsuddin al-Muqaddasi
Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr, commonly known by the nisba al-Maqdisi or al-Muqaddasī,, meaning Jerusalemite, was a medieval Arab geographer, author of The Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions and Description of Syria (Including Palestine).
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- Biography
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- Early life and education
- Pursuits in geography
- Work
- Description of Palestine
- Description of Eastern Arabia
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Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr, commonly known by the nisba al-Maqdisi or al-Muqaddasī,, meaning Jerusalemite, was a medieval Arab geographer, author of The Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions and Description of Syria (Including Palestine).
His work has been praised for its vivid descriptions, especially of his native Palestine, an identity with which he proudly identified.