al-Masʿūdī (full name Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Masʿūdī, أبو الحسن علي بن الحسين بن علي المسعودي), c. 896–956, was a historian, geographer and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the "Herodotus of the Arabs". A polymath and prolific author of over twenty works on theology, history (Islamic and universal), geography, natural science and philosophy, his celebrated magnum opus The Meadows of Gold (Murūj al-Dhahab) combines universal history with scientific geography, social commentary and biography. (From Wikipedia) More about -956? Masʻūdī:
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| | Books by -956? Masʻūdī: Masʻūdī, -956?: El-Mas'udi's Historical Encyclopaedia, Entitled "Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems" (only 1 volume published; London: Printed for the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1841), trans. by Aloys Sprenger
Additional books by -956? Masʻūdī in the extended shelves: Masʻūdī, -956?: Dissertationis de sebris Indiae, quo modo in Arabum notitiam venerint, pars I., quam una cum Masudi loco ad codd. parisiens. fidem recensito. [Acad. diss.] (Bonnae, 1838), also by Johann Gildemeister (page images at HathiTrust) Masʻūdī, -956?: Historia imperii vetustissimi Joctanidarum in Arabia felice (Apud Ioannem van Kasteel, 1786), also by Samuel Bochart, Abū al-Fidāʼ Ismāʻīl ibn ʻAlī, Edward Pococke, Albert Schultens, 893 or 894-970 or 971 Ḥamzah al-Iṣfahānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb Nuwayrī, and 838?-923 Ṭabarī (page images at HathiTrust) Masʻūdī, -956?: Kitâb at-tanbîh waʼl-ischrâf (E. J. Brill, 1894), also by M. J. de Goeje (page images at HathiTrust) Masʻūdī, -956?: Kitāb ithbāt al-waṣīyah li-Amīr al-Muʼminīn wa-awlāduh al-ṭāhirīn wa-ittiṣāl al-awṣīyāʼ min ladan ilá sayyidanā al-qāʼim ([Dār al-Ṭibāʻah], 1901) (page images at HathiTrust) Masʻūdī, -956?: Kitāb nafḥ al-ṭīb min ghuṣn al-Andalus al-raṭīb, wa-dhikr wazīrihā Lisān al-Dīn ibn al-Khaṭīb (Maṭbaʻah al-Azharīyah al-Miṣrīyah, 1884), also by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Maqqarī and Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Sakhāwī (page images at HathiTrust) Masʻūdī, -956?: Kitāb nafḥ al-ṭīb min ghuṣn al-Andalus al-raṭīb, wa-dhikr wazīrihā Lisān al-Dīn ibn al-Khaṭīb (Maṭbaʻah al-Azharīyah al-Miṣrīyah, 1884), also by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Maqqarī and Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Sakhāwī (page images at HathiTrust) Masʻūdī, -956?: Le livre de l'avertissement et de la revision (Imprimerie nationale, 1896), also by Bernard Carra de Vaux (page images at HathiTrust) Masʻūdī, -956?: Les prairies d'or. (Imprimerie impériale, 1861), also by Abel Pavet de Courteille and C. Barbier de Meynard (page images at HathiTrust) Masʻūdī, -956?: Les prairies d'or (Muʻassasah-'i Maṭbuʻātī-i ̲Ismāʻīlyān, 1970), also by Abel Pavet de Courteille and C. Barbier de Meynard (page images at HathiTrust) Masʻūdī, -956?: Murūj al-dhahab wa-maʻādin al-jawhar (Dār al-Andalus, 1965), also by Yūsuf Asʻad Dāghir (page images at HathiTrust) Masʻūdī, -956?: Murūj al-dhahab wa-maʻādin al-jawhar (al-Maṭabʻah alAzharīyah, 1885), also by Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ibn al-Shihnah (page images at HathiTrust) Masʻūdī, -956?: Murūj al-dhahab wa-maʻādin al-jawhar (Maṭbaʻat Muḥammad Muṣṭafá, 1885), also by 'Izz al-Dīn Ibn al-Athīr and Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd Ibn al-Shiḥnah (page images at HathiTrust) Masʻūdī, -956?: Murūj al-dhahab wa-maʻādin al-jawhar (al-Maṭbaʻal al-Azharīyah, 1303), also by Muḥibb al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ibn al-Shiḥnah (page images at HathiTrust) Masʻūdī, -956?: Tārīkh al-kāmil ([publisher not identified], 1800), also by 'Izz al-Dīn Ibn al-Athīr (page images at HathiTrust)
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