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IBN HAUKAL

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IBN HAUKAL , strictly IBN HAUQAL, a loth See also:century Arabian geographer. Nothing is known of his See also:life. His See also:work on See also:geography, written in 977, is only a revision and See also:extension of the Masdlik ul-Mamalik of al-Istakhri, who wrote in 951. This itself was a revised edition of the Kitdb ul-Ashkdl or Suwar ul-Agalim of See also:Abu Zaid ul-Balkhi, who wrote about 921. Ibn Haukal's work was published by M. J. de See also:Goeje (See also:Leiden, 1893). An See also:anonymous See also:epitome of the See also:book was written in 1233. See M. J. de Goeje, " See also:Die Istahri-Balhi Frage," in the Zei'schrift der deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft, 'ow. 42 sqq.

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