Ibn Hawqal

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historian
geographer
gptkbp:associatedWith Islamic Golden Age
gptkbp:birthYear c. 943
gptkbp:bornIn Kufa
gptkbp:contribution geographical knowledge
gptkbp:culturalImpact historical geography
gptkbp:deathYear c. 990
gptkbp:field geography
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Fatimid_Caliphate
gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
Umayyad Caliphate
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gptkbp:influenced Ibn Battuta
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Al-Masudi
gptkbp:inspiration trade routes
gptkbp:knownFor detailed_descriptions_of_the_Islamic_world
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:legacy influence on later geographers
gptkbp:nationality Arab
gptkbp:notableWork Surat_al-Ard
gptkbp:occupation traveler
gptkbp:primaryMission medieval_Islamic_history
gptkbp:productionCompany 10th century
gptkbp:region Islamic_world
gptkbp:scholarships Islamic_scholarship
gptkbp:technique field studies
interviews
empirical observation
travel and observation
gptkbp:travelTime gptkb:Central_Asia
gptkb:India
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:Spain
Middle_East
gptkbp:typeOf economics
history
sociology
cartography
cultural geography
economic geography
environmental studies
political geography
travel literature
cultural studies
topography
anthropology
geographical treatise
political science
ethnography
regional studies
urban studies
demography
historical account
historical geography
social geography