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Syamsuddin Al-Maqdisi

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Syamsuddin Al-Maqdisi

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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The best divisions for knowledge of the regions
Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions

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Active from: 1946-04-13

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Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,944x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,320x

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Tissue-based map of the human proteome

· 2015 · cited 13,756x

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

· 2018 · cited 10,795x

Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019

· 2020 · cited 9,729x

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Scholar.name: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Shams al-Dīn Al-Maqdisī
Scholar.birth_date: /946 CE
Scholar.birth_place: Jerusalem, Abbasid Caliphate
Scholar.death_date: 991 CE
Scholar.death_place: Fatimid Caliphate
Scholar.era: Islamic Golden Age
Scholar.school_tradition: Balkhi school
Scholar.main_interests: Islamic geography
Scholar.major_works: The Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions
Scholar.influences: Al-Balkhi

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date of birth: 0945-01-01
nickname: شمس الدين
name in native language: شمس الدين المقدسي
birth name: مُحمَّد بن أحمد بن أبي بكر المَقْدِسِيّ
date of death: 1000-01-01

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geography and cartography in medieval Islam

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Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

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