Person
Ibn Hawqal
Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Hawqal of Nisibis, Arab geographer and traveller. From 943 he journeyed for some three decades through the Islamic world, from Transoxiana to North Africa, al-Andalus and Sicily, and reworked al-Istakhri's Book of Routes and Realms into his own Surat al-ard, ‘The Face of the Earth’, whose first version (961–967) he dedicated to Sayf al-Dawla; later versions date from about 977 and 988. His descriptions of Sicily, the Maghreb, the trans-Saharan trade and the lands of the Khazars and the Rus are important sources.
- Events
- 2 events
- Regions
- Middle East and Egypt, Africa
- In the threads
- Middle East and Egypt (6th–10th c.), Africa (6th–10th c.)
Events
- Sayf al-Dawla's Aleppo: al-Mutanabbi and the Hamdanid emirate29 October 944 – 8 February 967 · Middle East and Egypt
- Awdaghust and the gold of Ghana in the accounts of Ibn Hawqalbetween 951 and 977 · Africa
Often together with
Al-FarabiAl-MutanabbiByzantine EmpireGhana EmpireHamdanidsIkhshididsNikephoros II PhokasSayf al-Dawla