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Istakhri

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Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al-Istakhri (آبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن محمد الفارسي الإصطخري) (also Estakhri, Persian: استخری, i.e. from the Iranian city of Istakhr, b. – d. 346 AH/AD 957) was a 10th-century travel author and Islamic geographer who wrote valuable accounts in Arabic of the many Muslim territories he visited during the Abbasid era of the Islamic Golden Age. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Istakhri is the 4,321st most popular politician (down from 3,321st in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Iran (down from 128th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Iranian Politician.

Istakhri is most famous for his book al-Masalik wa al-Mamalik, which was written in 957 AD. It is a geography book that has a lot of information about the world and the countries it contains.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Istakhri ranks 4,321 out of 19,576. Before him are Cyrus Vance, Antonio Segni, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Tomislav of Croatia, Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and Lars Porsena. After him are Philip I, Latin Emperor, Sigvard Bernadotte, Itamar Franco, Filip Vujanović, Tancred of Hauteville, and Mohamed Boudiaf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 850, Istakhri ranks 12. Before him are Pope Stephen VII, Pope Romanus, Ingólfr Arnarson, Berengar I of Italy, Pope Stephen V, and Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye. After him are Linji Yixuan, Emperor Seiwa, Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam, Vladimir of Bulgaria, Smbat I of Armenia, and Ælfflæd. Among people deceased in 957, Istakhri ranks 1. After him is Liudolf, Duke of Swabia.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Istakhri ranks 146 out of 631. Before him are Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883), Sasan (200), Anastasius of Persia (550), Mehran Karimi Nasseri (1942), Teispes (-675), and Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran (1960). After him are Phraates V (-100), Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985), Pacorus I (-63), Mithridates V of Parthia (100), Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252), and Arses of Persia (-360).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Istakhri ranks 84. Before him are Vologases IV (150), Phraates IV (-90), Vologases VI (200), Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (1853), Mohammad Khodabanda (1531), and Teispes (-675). After him are Phraates V (-100), Pacorus I (-63), Mithridates V of Parthia (100), Arses of Persia (-360), Arsaces II of Parthia (-300), and Suleiman of Persia (1647).

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