Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Mas'udi

The historian and traveller Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali (may God be pleased with him) al-Mas'udi al-Baghdadi, who died around 336 AH, author of "Muruj al-Dhahab". ¹

The data record among his books "Muruj al-Dhahab", "Ma'adin al-Jawhar", "al-Tanbih" and "al-Ishraf". He travelled through the lands from Persia and India to the Maghrib and Egypt, and gathered in his books the reports of nations and cities, of creeds and sects. ¹

At the end of "Muruj al-Dhahab" he apologised for any error or misreading that might appear because of his many journeys, and he warned that whoever distorts his book or ascribes it to another would incur God's anger. ²

• The source of the page is his own book, which is not enough to document the year of his death; the year is "around" 336 AH and needs an additional source.