The Most Famous
GEOGRAPHERS from Iran
This page contains a list of the greatest Iranian Geographers. The pantheon dataset contains 86 Geographers, 1 of which were born in Iran. This makes Iran the birth place of the 17th most number of Geographers behind Austria, and Turkmenistan.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Iranian Geographers of all time. This list of famous Iranian Geographers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203 - 1283)
With an HPI of 66.95, Zakariya al-Qazwini is the most famous Iranian Geographer. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.
Zakariyya' al-Qazwini (full name: Abū Yaḥyā Zakariyyāʾ ibn Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd al-Qazwīnī, Arabic: أبو يحيى زكرياء بن محمد بن محمود القزويني), also known as Qazvini (Persian: قزوینی), (born c. 1203 in Qazvin, Iran, and died 1283), was a professor, jurist, cosmographer and geographer. Qazwini’s most famous work is his cosmography titled ʿAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāʾib al-mawjūdāt or Wonders of the Creation and Unique [phenomena] of the Existence. This treatise, frequently illustrated, was immensely popular and has been preserved today in many copies. Al-Qazwini was also well known for his geographical dictionary Āthār al-bilād wa-akhbār al-ʿibād or Monuments of the Lands and Historical Traditions about Their Peoples. Both of these treatises reflect extensive knowledge in a wide range of disciplines.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Iranian geographers born between 1203 and 1203. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Iranian geographers include Zakariya al-Qazwini.
