ابن خرداذبہ اور ان كى كتاب المسالك والممالك: تارىخى وتنقىدى جائزہ

Ibn Khurdathba and his book Kitab al- Masalik wa’l- Mamalik: Historical and Critical Review

Abstract

Ibn Khurdathba was a man with variable culture , he had an important role in the science of geography especially (knowing of the roads , locations of the cities , weather in addition to the news of general history and some arts like (music and singing )  The growth of Ibn Khurdathba in a family worked in the military field , close to the royal court has helped him to start his practical life early and allowed him also to contact with caliphs , ministers and writers in addition to occupying of the significant positions in the state , making it easier to get information from their original resources .. Ibn Khurdathba has descended from Persian family lately entered into Islam۔ One of earliest geographical works of this period, his famous Kitab al- Masalik wa’l= Mamalik’. It gives a summary of the main trade routes of the Arab world and in addition provides description of such distant China, Korea and Japan. This article attempts his life and his “Al masalik wa al mamalik” book, varies sides.