al-Istachrī

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Istachri map of the Persian Gulf , in the center of the three islands Laft , Chark and Uwal are seen

Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muhammad al-Istachrī ( Arabic أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن محمد الإصطخري, DMG Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Iṣṭaḫrī ; † approx. 951 ) was one of the most important Persian- Islamic geographers and cartographers of the 10th century . He was a member of the Balchi School in Baghdad and wrote the "Book of Ways and Provinces" ( Kitab al-Masalik wa-l-mamalik ) as the successor to his teacher Abu Zaid al-Balchi († 934 ) .

The “Book of Ways and Provinces”, for example, has come down to us in a Persian translation from 1297 and contains, in addition to a comprehensive text that also refers to the non-Islamic area, a world map and 23 regional maps .

A student of al-Istachri was the important geographer Ibn Hauqal (2nd half of the 10th century).

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  • The Book of Lands by Shekh Ebu Ishak el Farsi el Isztachri. Translated from the Arabic by AD Mordtmann . With a foreword by C. Ritter (Writings of the Academy of Ham, Vol. 1, Abth. 2). Hamburg: Rauhes Haus 1845. [Reprint Frankfurt / M. 1995]

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personal data
SURNAME al-Istachrī
ALTERNATIVE NAMES al-Istachri, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammed; al-Iṣṭaḫrī, Abu Isḥaq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Persian-Islamic geographer
DATE OF BIRTH 9th century or 10th century
DATE OF DEATH around 951