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Istakhri

Iranian geographer
Person human Q287479

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
850, 850, 907[2][7][8]
Date of death
957
Place of birth
Istakhr
Country of citizenship
Samanid Empire[9]
Occupation
geographer, cartographer, traveler
Field of work
geography, cartography[10][11]
Notable work
Masalik al-Mamalik[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Arabic[18]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[19]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[15][16][17]
Given name
Ibrahim[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Istakhri en Estakhri en Abu Isḥâḳ Ibrâhîm ibn Muḥammad al-Fâresi Al-Iṣṭaḫri ar الإصطخري ar الإصطرخي ar الاصطخرى ar الاصطخري ar الاصطرخي ar أبو اسحاق ابراهيم بن محمد الفارسي الاصطخري ar إصطخري ar الأصطخرى cs Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad Iṣṭakhrī cs Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad Iṣṭachrī cs Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Iṣṭachrī cs Abu Ishák al-Fárisí Istachrí de Al-Istakhri de Al-Iṣṭakhri de Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Istachri de Al-Istachri de Al-Istahri
🔖 Identifiers · 39
ISNI
0000000118793019
VIAF cluster ID
47155092
Library of Congress authority ID
nr90002611
GND ID
102509379
BIBSYS ID
90695452
Bashenc.online ID
87619
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13006640x
Biblissima authority ID
Hazel Alden Reason
CANTIC ID
981058615335306706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00292956
Chuvash Encyclopedia person ID
1424
DDB person (GND) ID
102509379
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
102509379
Diamond Catalog ID for persons and organisations
6364
EGAXA ID
vtls000977631
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
istakhri-al
FAST ID
1826483
Freebase ID
/m/06gtps
Georgian Encyclopedia ID
18135
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/349723196493
IdRef ID
058471448
Iranica ID
estakri-abu-eshaq-ebrahim
IxTheo authority ID
07681162X
Libris-URI
0xbdfl0j139f6nn
NL CR AUT ID
jo20181008165
NLAI ID
11904
NLP ID
a0000002439192
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007292089205171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810596327705606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
189736038
OpenITI author ID
0346Istakhri
Parsifal cluster ID
881081
SELIBR ID
191236
Shamela author ID
775
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
istahri
Trismegistos author ID
7285
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058615335306706
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvd3jvc8fKkYDrtcgTrbd
Yale LUX ID
person/f95016df-85ae-418a-99c0-5f740a62b6d0

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
geographer, cartographer, traveler
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
Field of work 2
geography, cartography
Country of citizenship 1
Samanid Empire
Given name 1
Ibrahim
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Arabic
Notable work 1
Masalik al-Mamalik
Place of birth 1
Istakhr
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Masalik al-Mamalik
← Described by source 1
Kuyaba
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Summary

Istakhri was born in Istakhr[1]. He was born in 850[2]. He died on January 1, 957[3]. He worked as a geographer[4], cartographer[5], and traveler[6].

Body

Career and Affiliations

Fields of work include geography[10], an academic discipline[20] and cartography[11], a branch of science[21].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include Masalik al-Mamalik[22], a written work[23].

FAQs

Where was Istakhri born?

Istakhri's place of birth was Istakhr[1].

What did Istakhri do for work?

Istakhri worked as geographer[4], cartographer[5], and traveler[6].

Related Entities

geography

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . Bashkir Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Καζακστάν. Εθνική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια. Τόμος 1. wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . Encyclopædia Iranica. wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . OpenITI corpus. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 33
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fr', '
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  2. 15w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Hazel Alden Reason
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  3. 19w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 881081
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  4. 26w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
    Notable work → Masalik al-Mamalik
    Citizenship → —
    Country of citizenship → Samanid Empire
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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