Ibn Hawqal

Ibn Hawqal
Born
Nisibis, Abbasid Caliphate
(modern-day Nusaybin, Mardin, Turkey)
Diedafter 978
Academic background
InfluencesAl-Balkhi
Academic work
EraIslamic Golden Age
School or traditionBalkhi school
Main interestsIslamic geography
Notable worksṢūrat al-’Arḍ
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;[1] was a 10th-century Arab[2] Muslim writer, geographer, and chronicler who travelled from AD 943 to 969.[3] 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.

  1. ^ Soucek, Svat, A History of Inner Asia (Cambridge University Press:2000), p.73.
  2. ^ Jean-Charles, Ducène (January 2017). "Ibn Ḥawqal". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Three.
  3. ^ Ludwig W. Adamec (2009), Historical Dictionary of Islam, p.137. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810861615.