Ibn Hawqal

Muḥammad Abū’l-Qāsim Ibn Ḥawqal (محمد أبو القاسم بن حوقل), also known as Abū al-Qāsim b. ʻAlī Ibn Ḥawqal al-Naṣībī, born in Nisibis, Upper Mesopotamia; was a 10th-century ArabMuslim writer, geographer, and chronicler who travelled from AD 943 to 969. His famous work, written in 977, is called Surat al-Ard (صورة الارض; "The face of the Earth"). The date of his death, known from his writings, was after AH 368/AD 978.