Estakhri

Estakhri

Abul Qasim Ubaidullah ibn Abdullah ibn Khurdad-bih (aka Estakhri, Persian: استخری, i.e. from the city of Estakhr) was a medieval Persian geographer in the 9th century.

It was Estakhri who created the earliest known account of windmills. His works included "Al-masaalik al-mamaalik" (المسالك الممالك) and "Suwar al-Aqaaleem" (صور الاقاليم).

He also wrote the "General Survey of Roads and Kingdoms" in the mid-9th century. It was the first non-East Asian geographical work to make a reference to Korea. [cite journal|last=Baker|first=Don|title=Islam Struggles for a Toehold in Korea |journal=Harvard Asia Quarterly|date=Winter 2006|url=http://www.asiaquarterly.com/content/view/167/|accessdate=2007-04-23]

ee also

* Estakhri in Great Encyclopedia of Islam: http://www.cgie.org.ir/shavad.asp?id=123&avaid=3609 (in Persian)
*List of Iranian scientists


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