What is Al-Masudi's full name?
Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Masʿūdī
Abū Abdullah Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn
Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh
Answer
Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Masʿūdī, known as al-Masʿūdī, was a Persian Muslim historian, geographer, and encyclopedist. He was born in Baghdad, the Abbasid capital, and lived in Egypt, Syria, and the Maghreb during his lifetime. His most famous work is the Muruj al-Dhahab wa Maʿādin al-Jawhar, a universal history from the creation of the world to the 10th century.
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