Ya'qubi
9th-century Arab geographer and historian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Syrian Islamic scholar, see Muhammad al-Yaqoubi.
ʾAbū al-ʿAbbās ʾAḥmad bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ al-Yaʿqūbī[lower-alpha 1] (died 897/8), commonly referred to simply by his nisba al-Yaʿqūbī, was an Arab[3][4][5][6] Muslim geographer.[7]
Quick Facts ʾAbū l-ʿAbbās ʾAḥmad bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ al-Yaʿqūbī, Born ...
ʾAbū l-ʿAbbās ʾAḥmad bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ al-Yaʿqūbī | |
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Born | Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
Died | AH 284 (AD 897–898)[1][2] |
Occupation | writer, traveller and historian |
Language | Arabic |
Period | Islamic Golden Age (Abbasid era) |
Genre | History and geography |
Notable works | Ta'rikh ibn Wadih and Kitab al-Buldan |
Arabic name | |
Personal (Ism) | ʾAḥmad أحمد |
Patronymic (Nasab) | bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ بن أبي يعقوب بن جعفر بن وهب بن واضح |
Teknonymic (Kunya) | ʾAbū l-ʿAbbās أبو العباس |
Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Yaʿqūbī اليعقوبي |
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