Istakhri
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- Born
- 10th cent.
- Died
- 0957-01-01
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Al- Masalik wa-al-mamalik
- Das Buch der Länder
- Liber climatum
- Masalik va mamalik
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Key facts
- Scholar.name
- Abū Ishāk al-Fārisī al-Iṣṭakhrī
- Scholar.birth_place
- Istakhr
- Scholar.death_date
- After 952
- Scholar.death_place
- Baghdad
- Scholar.era
- Islamic Golden Age
- Scholar.school_tradition
- Balkhi school
- Scholar.main_interests
- Islamic geography
- Scholar.influences
- Al-Balkhi
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Key dates
- Born
- 907
- Died
- 1 January 957
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ibrahim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Samanid Empire
- Place of birth
- Istakhr
- Occupation
- traveler
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Notable work
- Masalik al-Mamalik
- Field of work
- cartography
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Life and background
- Works
- Historical context
- The Balkhi tradition
- Manuscript tradition
- Cartographic method
- Published editions
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
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Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farsi al-Istakhri () (also Estakhri, , i.e. from the Iranian city of Istakhr, b. – d. 346 AH/AD 957) was a 10th-century travel author and Islamic geographer who wrote valuable accounts in Arabic of the many Muslim territories he visited during the Abbasid era of the Islamic Golden Age. These accounts would include both maps and descriptions of the Muslim world he was discussing. Istakhri also belonged to the Balkhi school of cartography, which he helped to popularize. Istakhri's writing style was innovative for its addition of Islamic traditions throughout the text, and for its inclusion in conjunction with the maps he presented. Istakhri met the celebrated traveller-geographer Ibn Hawqal, while travelling, and Ibn Hawqal incorporated the work of Istakhri in his book Kitab al-Surat al-Ard.