Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- geographer · Scientist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- Traveller and observerTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al-Karkhi al-Istakhri, a Persian geographer and traveller who visited many lands. In Baghdad he met the geographer Ibn Hawqal. He died in 346 AH (957 CE). 1
The date rests on one source and needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
The seven climates· The equator· The horizon circle· The earth's sphericity· Measuring the earth· Joining the Red Sea to the Mediterranean· Piri Reis map· Al-Bakri, Abu Ubayd Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.108
Cite this page
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. Last updated 2026-10-16.