Ya'qubi
ʾAbū l-ʿAbbās ʾAḥmad bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ al-Yaʿqūbī | |
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| Born | Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Died | AH 284 (AD 897–898) |
| Occupation | writer, traveller and historian |
| Language | Arabic,Persian |
| Period | Islamic Golden Age (Abbasid era) |
| Genre | History and geography |
| Notable works | Ta'rikh ibn Wadih and Kitab al-Buldan |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | ʾAḥmad أحمد |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ بن أبي يعقوب بن جعفر بن وهب بن واضح |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | ʾAbū l-ʿAbbās أبو العباس |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Yaʿqūbī اليعقوبي |
ʾAbū al-ʿAbbās ʾAḥmad bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ al-Yaʿqūbī (died 897/8), commonly referred to simply by his nisba al-Yaʿqūbī, was an Arab Muslim geographer.