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Ibn al-Faqih

Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Faqih al-Hamadani (Persian: احمد بن محمد ابن فقيه همدانی) (fl. 902) was a 10th-century Persian historian and geographer, famous for his Mukhtasar Kitab al-Buldan ("Concise Book of Lands") written in Arabic. In the 1870s the Dutch orientalist Michael Jan de Goeje edited a selection of geography works of Arab geographers in an eight-volume series titled Bibliotheca geographorum Arabicorum published by Lugduni-Batavae (Leiden) Brill publishers. Al-Hamadhānī's Mukhtasar Kitab al-Buldan was published in volume 5 of this series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn al-Faqih is the 173rd most popular historian (down from 160th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from Iran (down from 224th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ibn al-Faqih ranks 173 out of 561. Before him are Steven Runciman, Ian Kershaw, Otto von Gierke, Mirkhvand, Antony Beevor, and Charles Diehl. After him are Afet İnan, Max Dvořák, George Cœdès, Karl Lamprecht, Max Weinreich, and Jan Huyghen van Linschoten.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ibn al-Faqih ranks 231 out of 631. Before him are Shaul Mofaz (1948), Al-Taftazani (1322), Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854), Esmail Ghaani (1957), Shahrokh Shah (1734), and Amir Kabir (1807). After him are Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919), Masawaiyh (777), Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906), Asadi Tusi (999), Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), and Shapur IV (null).

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