Al-Istakhri, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad

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Roles: geographer · Scientist
Counted among: Sunni
Era: Abbasid Fragmentation
Region: Persia & Central Asia
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Life in time

Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad · Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi · Abu Nu'aym al-Asbahani, Ahmad ibn Abd Allah · Al-Abhari, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah · Al-Barqani, Ahmad ibn Muhammad

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People and things also explored

Al-Bakri, Abu Ubayd Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz· Al-Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Al-Idrisi, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah· Piri Reis, Ahmad ibn Muhyi al-Din

Sources

Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO

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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Istakhri, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-istakhri-ibrahim-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.

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People

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Al-Bakri, Abu Ubayd Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz

An encyclopaedic scholar of al-Andalus, author of al-Masalik wa-l-Mamalik on geography and history.