Al-Masudi

al-Masʿūdī
المسعودي
al-Masʿūdī; المسعودي
	Roof figure of al-Mas'udi, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna
Born	282–283 AH; (896 AD); Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Died	Jumada al-Thani, 345 AH; (September, 956 AD); Cairo, Egypt
Academic background
Influences	al-Shafi'i
Academic work
Era	Islamic golden age ; (Middle Abbasid era)
Main interests	History, geography, jurisprudence
Notable works	Murūj al-Dhahab wa-Ma'ādin al-Jawhar ("The Meadows of Gold and the Mines of Gems"); At-Tanbih wa al-'Ashraf ("Admonition and Revision");

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.

al-Masʿūdī المسعودي
Roof figure of al-Mas'udi, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna
Born	282–283 AH (896 AD) Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Died	Jumada al-Thani, 345 AH (September, 956 AD) Cairo, Egypt

Academic background
Influences	al-Shafi'i
Academic work
Era	Islamic golden age (Middle Abbasid era)
Main interests	History, geography, jurisprudence
Notable works	Murūj al-Dhahab wa-Ma'ādin al-Jawhar ("The Meadows of Gold and the Mines of Gems") At-Tanbih wa al-'Ashraf ("Admonition and Revision")