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Ibn Khordadbeh

820 - 912

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn Khordadbeh is the 17th most popular geographer, the 7th most popular biography from Turkmenistan (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Turkmen Geographer.

Ibn Khordadbeh is famous for his writings on the political and cultural geography of the Islamic world, particularly his work "The Book of Roads and Provinces," which provided detailed descriptions of the major trade routes and administrative regions of the Abbasid Caliphate. Ibn Khordadbeh's work was highly influential in shaping our understanding of the economic and political structures of the Islamic world during the medieval period, and his maps and descriptions were used by later geographers and explorers for centuries after his death.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Ibn Khordadbeh ranks 17 out of 86. Before him are David Harvey, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Wladimir Köppen, George Everest, Ya'qubi, and Georg Joachim Rheticus. After him are Pomponius Mela, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Ibn Jubayr, Al-Bakri, William Morris Davis, and Élisée Reclus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 820, Ibn Khordadbeh ranks 4. Before him are Pope John VIII, Álmos, and Rastislav of Moravia. After him are Ashot I of Armenia, Vímara Peres, Rhodri the Great, Presian I of Bulgaria, Al-Mahani, Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious, Ranulf I of Aquitaine, and Anandavardhana. Among people deceased in 912, Ibn Khordadbeh ranks 4. Before him are Oleg of Novgorod, Leo VI the Wise, and Otto I, Duke of Saxony. After him are Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Rudolph I of Burgundy, Zhu Wen, Notker the Stammerer, Smbat I of Armenia, and Ahmad ibn Yusuf.

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In Turkmenistan

Among people born in Turkmenistan, Ibn Khordadbeh ranks 7 out of 50. Before him are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780), Saparmurat Niyazov (1940), Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (1199), Abu Muslim (718), Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957), and Al-Nasa'i (829). After him are Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (1603), Chaghri Beg (989), Al-Zamakhshari (1075), Al-Muqanna (800), Yelena Bonner (1923), and Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (736).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Turkmenistan

Among geographers born in Turkmenistan, Ibn Khordadbeh ranks 1. 

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