Al-Masudi
c. 896–c. 956
Arab historian and geographer known as the Herodotus of the Arabs.
- Known as
- Traveler
- Category
- Explorers
- Born
- c. 896, Baghdad
- Died
- c. 956, El-Fustat
Alive at the same time as Al-Masudi
- Al-Tabari 839–c. 923, historian
- Harald Fairhair c. 850–c. 932, king
- Al-Battani c. 858–c. 929, astronomer
- Mansur al-Hallaj c. 858–922, mystic
- Rollo c. 860–c. 930, nobleman
- Abu Bakr al-Razi c. 864–c. 925, physician
- Al-Farabi c. 872–c. 950, philosopher
- Ibn Fadlan c. 879–c. 960, traveler
- Otto the Great 912–973, emperor
- Al-Mutanabbi 915–965, poet
- Emperor Taizu of Song 927–976, emperor
- Erik the Red c. 950–c. 1003, explorer
Portrait: Hubertl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
