Al-Masudi | Herodotus of Arab | عربوں کا ہیروڈوٹس | المسعودی | अल-मसूदी | अरबों का हीरोडोटस | скачать в хорошем качестве

Al-Masudi | Herodotus of Arab | عربوں کا ہیروڈوٹس | المسعودی | अल-मसूदी | अरबों का हीरोडोटस |

#IslamicHistory #IslamicCivilization #MuslimHistorian #islamicgoldenage Al-Masudi was a historian and traveler, known as the “Herodotus of the Arabs.” He was the first Arab to combine history and scientific geography in a large-scale work, Murūj al-dhahab wa maʿādin al-jawāhir (“The Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems”), a world history. He was not content to learn merely from books and teachers but traveled widely to gain firsthand knowledge of the countries about which he wrote. His travels extended to Syria, Iran, Armenia, the shores of the Caspian Sea, the Indus valley, Sri Lanka, Oman, and the east coast of Africa as far south as Zanzibar, at least, and, possibly, to Madagascar. The titles of more than 30 books attributed to him are known, including several about Islamic beliefs and sects and even one about poisons, but most of his writings have been lost. His major work was Akhbār al-zamān (“The History of Time”) in 30 volumes. This seems to have been an encyclopaedic world history, taking in not only political history but also many facets of human knowledge and activity.