
Also known as Muḥammad Abū’l-Qāsim Ibn Ḥawqal, Abū al-Qāsim b. ʻAlī Ibn Ḥawqal al-Naṣībī, Abu-l-Ḳâsim Ibn Ḥawḳal
10th century Arab writer and geographer
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10th century map of the World by Ibn Hawqal. For an English version, see here. 10th century map of the Caspian sea by Ibn Hawqal 10th century map of the Caspian sea by Ibn Hawqal
Muḥammad Abū’l-Qāsim Ibn Ḥawqal (محمد أبو القاسم بن حوقل), also known as Abū al-Qāsim b. ʻAlī Ibn Ḥawqal al-Naṣībī, born in Nisibis, Upper Mesopotamia; was a 10th-century Arab Muslim writer, geographer, and chronicler who travelled from AD 943 to 969. His famous work, written in 977, is called Surat al-Ard (صورة الارض; "The face of the Earth"). The date of his death, known from his writings, was after AH 368/AD 978.
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