Ibn al-Faqih
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Ibn al-Faqih al-Hamadani was a 10th century Persian historian
and geographer
, famous for his Mukhtasar Kitab al-Buldan
("Concise Book of Lands").
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and geographer
Geographer
A geographer is a scholar whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society.Although geographers are historically known as people who make maps, map making is actually the field of study of cartography, a subset of geography...
, famous for his Mukhtasar Kitab al-Buldan
Kitab al-Buldan
Kitab al-Buldan is translated as "Book of Lands" or "Book of Countries" and may refer to one of the following.*Kitab al-Buldan by Al-Yaqubi...
("Concise Book of Lands").