Abu al-Qasim ibn Khordadbeh

Abu al-Qasim ibn Khordadbeh’s Followers

None yet.

Abu al-Qasim ibn Khordadbeh


Born
Khurasan, Abbasid Caliphate
Genre


Abu al-Qasim Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Khordadbeh (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 was the director of the caliphate's Bureau of Posts and Intelligence and the author of the earliest surviving Arabic book of administrative geography. ...more

Average rating: 4.0 · 6 ratings · 1 review · 3 distinct works
Al-Masalik wa al-Mamalik (ا...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 870
Rate this book
Clear rating
Livre des Routes et des Pro...

by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1865
Rate this book
Clear rating
Kitab Al-Masalik wa al-Mama...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.



Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Abu to Goodreads.