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al-Yaʿqubi
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'''Abu l-Abbas Ahmad bin Abi Ya'qub bin Ja'far bin Wahb bin Wadiḥ al-Ya'qubi (died 897/8), commonly referred to simply by his nisba al-Yaʿqubi''', was an Arab Muslim historian and geographer.
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Ahmad ibn Ishaq ibn Ja'far ibn Wahb ibn Wadih al-Ya'qubi was a male geographer, mathematician, and historian born in Baghdad in 801. He was a citizen of the Abbasid Caliphate and practiced Shia Islam. His native name was Ahmad ibn Ishaq ibn Ja'far ibn Wahb ibn Wadih al-Ya'qubi, and he was also known by the nickname Abu al-Abbas. He wrote in Arabic.
Al-Ya'qubi is the author of notable works including *Tarikh al-Yaqubi* and *The book of lands*. He died in Egypt in 905.
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- The works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʻqūbı̄
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- Islamic Golden Age (Abbasid era)
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- Al-Ya'qubi
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- اليعقوبي
- Writer.occupation
- Historian, Traveler and Geographer
- Writer.language
- Arabic, Persian
- Writer.death_date
- AH 284 (AD 897–898)
- Writer.genre
- History and geography
- Writer.notable_works
- Ta'rikh ibn Wadih and Kitab al-Buldan
- Writer.birth_place
- Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
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- yes
- Arabic name.ism
- ʾAḥmad
- Arabic name.ism ar
- أحمد
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- bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ
- Arabic name.nasab ar
- بن أبي يعقوب بن جعفر بن وهب بن واضح
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- ʾAbū l-ʿAbbās
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- أبو العباس
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- al-Yaʿqūbī
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- اليعقوبي
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- human
- Given name
- Ahmad
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Place of birth
- Baghdad
- Place of death
- Egypt
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Shia Islam
- Notable work
- The book of lands
- Field of work
- history
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- date of birth
- 0801-01-01
- name in native language
- أحمد بن إسحٰق بن جعفر بن وهب بن واضح اليعقوبي
- nickname
- أبو العبَّاس
- birth name
- أحمد بن إسحاق بن جعفر بن وهب بن واضح اليعقوبي
- date of death
- 0905-01-01
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'''Abu l-Abbas Ahmad bin Abi Ya'qub bin Ja'far bin Wahb bin Wadiḥ al-Ya'qubi (died 897/8), commonly referred to simply by his nisba al-Yaʿqubi''', was an Arab Muslim historian and geographer.
== Life == Ya'qubi was born in Baghdad to a family of noble background, his great-grandfather was Wadih, the freedman of the caliph Al-Mansur and ruler of Egypt during the reign of al-Mahdi. Until 873, he lived in Armenia and Khorasan, working under the patronage of the Tahirid Governors; then he traveled to India, Egypt and the Maghreb. In 872, he listed the kingdoms of Bilād as-Sūdān, including Ghana, Gao, and Kanem.
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