Al-Baladhuri
820 –892
Historian, Geographer, Poet
Lived 72 years
- Born in
- Baghdad
- Passed away in
- Baghdad
ʾAḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Jābir al-Balādhurī (Arabic: أحمد بن يحيى بن جابر البلاذري; died 892 or 893) was a 9th-century Muslim historian. A West Asian historians, he spent most of his life in Baghdad and was at the court of the caliph al-Mutawakkil. He travelled in Syria and Iraq, compiling information for his major works.
His name is also found in the variant forms Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Jabir Al-Baladhuri, Balazry Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Jabir Abul Hasan and Abi al-Hassan Baladhuri.
Notable works: Futuh al-Buldan, Genealogies of the Nobles
Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Baladhuri