Istakhri

850–957

Iranian geographer

cartographer · geographer · traveler

Born in Istakhr

Contemporaries

People who walked the earth at the same time as Istakhri:

• Ferdowsi (940–1020)
• Alfred the Great (849–899)
• Abu Bakr al-Razi (866–925)
• Farabi (870–951)
• Otto I the Great (912–973)

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