Al-Maqdisi

This article is about the medieval Arab geographer. For other people named Al-Maqdisi or Al-Muqaddasi, see Maqdisi.
Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Shams al-Dīn Al-Maqdisī
مُحَمَّد ابْن أَحْمَد شَمْس ٱلدِّيْن ٱلْمَقْدِسِي
Bornc. 945/946 CE
Jerusalem, Abbasid Caliphate
Died991 CE
Fatimid Caliphate
Academic background
InfluencesAl-Balkhi
Academic work
EraIslamic Golden Age
School or traditionBalkhi school
Main interestsIslamic geography
Notable worksThe Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions

Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr,[a] commonly known by the nisba al-Maqdisi[b] or al-Muqaddasī,[c] was a medieval Palestinian[1] Arab[2] geographer, author of The Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions[d] and Description of Syria (Including Palestine).

Al-Maqdisi is one of the earliest known historical figures to self-identify as a Palestinian during his travels.[3][4][1]


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  1. ^ a b Al-Maqdisi (1906). M. J. Goeje (ed.). The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions (Arabic) (2 ed.). Brill. p. 440.
  2. ^ Rahman, Mushtaqur (2008). "Al‐Muqaddasī". Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. p. 145. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-4425-0_8963. ISBN 978-1-4020-4559-2.
  3. ^ Al-Ju'beh, Nazmi (2008). Heacock, Roger (ed.). Temps et espaces en Palestine: Flux et résistances identitaires. Beirut, Lebanon: Presses de l'Ifpo. pp. 205–231. ISBN 9782351592656. Archived from the original on 19 Mar 2018.
  4. ^ al-Maqdīsī, Muḥammad Ibn-Aḥmad (2003). Riḥlat al-Maqdisī : aḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʻrifat al-aqālīm ; 985 - 990. Beirut: al-Muʼassasa al-ʻArabīya li-'d-dirāsāt wa-'n-našr [u.a.] / The Arab Institute for Studies and Publishing. p. 362. ISBN 978-9953441351. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.