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Al-Istakhri
أطلس الإسلام الأول: مسالك وممالك بخرائط.
Al-Masudi
هرودوت العرب: مروج الذهب بين الهند ومصر.
Al-Idrisi
نزهة المشتاق: خريطة العالم لروجر صقلية.
Yaqut
معجم البلدان: أعظم موسوعة جغرافية.
The travellers
ابن بطوطة وجنغ خه: العين تشهد.
Ibn Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah · Zheng He · Journey in quest of knowledge
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Overview
A path through the describers of the earth: al-Ya'qubi and al-Istakhri, al-Mas'udi the traveller among historians, al-Idrisi in Sicily, and Yaqut writing the Mu'jam al-Buldan.
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islam.museum contributors. “The Geographers”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-geographers/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.