Ibn Khordadbeh
Abu'l-Qasim Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Khordadbeh (Arabic: ابوالقاسم عبیدالله ابن خرداذبه; 820/825–913), commonly known as Ibn Khordadbeh (also spelled Ibn Khurradadhbih; ابن خرددة), was a high-ranking bureaucrat and geographer of Persian descent in the Abbasid Caliphate. He is the author of the earliest surviving Arabic book of administrative geography.
Ibn Khordadbeh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 820/825 Khurasan, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Died | 913 |
| Notable works | Book of Roads and Kingdoms |
| Relatives | Abdallah ibn Khordadbeh (father) |
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