Ibn Hawqal
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Muslim geographer and chronicler
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Muḥammad Abū’l-Qāsim Ibn Ḥawqal , also known as Abū al-Qāsim b. ʻAlī Ibn Ḥawqal al-Naṣībī, born in Nisibis, Upper Mesopotamia; was a 10th-century Arab Muslim writer, geographer, and chronicler who travelled from AD 943 to 969. His famous work, written in 977, is called . The date of his death, known from his writings, was after 368 AH/978 AD.
