GEOGRAPHER

Ibn Khordadbeh

820 - 912

Photo of Ibn Khordadbeh

Icon of person Ibn Khordadbeh

Abu'l-Qasim Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Khordadbeh (Arabic: ابوالقاسم عبیدالله ابن خرداذبه; 820/825–913), commonly known as Ibn Khordadbeh (also spelled Ibn Khurradadhbih; ابن خرددة), was a high-ranking bureaucrat and geographer of Persian descent in the Abbasid Caliphate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Khordadbeh has received more than 159,625 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ibn Khordadbeh is the 17th most popular geographer (down from 15th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Turkmenistan (up from 83rd in 2019) and the most popular Turkmen Geographer.

Ibn Khordadbeh is famous for his writings on the political and cultural geography of the Islamic world, particularly his work "The Book of Roads and Provinces," which provided detailed descriptions of the major trade routes and administrative regions of the Abbasid Caliphate. Ibn Khordadbeh's work was highly influential in shaping our understanding of the economic and political structures of the Islamic world during the medieval period, and his maps and descriptions were used by later geographers and explorers for centuries after his death.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Ibn Khordadbeh ranks 17 out of 86. Before him are Martin Waldseemüller, Wladimir Köppen, Ya'qubi, Georg Joachim Rheticus, George Everest, and Pomponius Mela. After him are Paul Vidal de La Blache, Ibn Jubayr, James Lovelock, Sebastian Münster, David Harvey, and Al-Bakri.

Most Popular Geographers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 820, Ibn Khordadbeh ranks 4. Before him are Pope John VIII, Rastislav of Moravia, and Álmos. After him are Ashot I of Armenia, Vímara Peres, Presian I of Bulgaria, Al-Mahani, Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious, Anandavardhana, Adalbert I, Margrave of Tuscany, and Ranulf I of Aquitaine. Among people deceased in 912, Ibn Khordadbeh ranks 3. Before him are Oleg of Novgorod, and Leo VI the Wise. After him are Otto I, Duke of Saxony, Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Zhu Wen, Rudolph I of Burgundy, Ahmad ibn Yusuf, Notker the Stammerer, and Smbat I of Armenia.

Others Born in 820

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 912

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Turkmenistan

Among people born in Turkmenistan, Ibn Khordadbeh ranks 9 out of 50. Before him are Abu Muslim (718), Saparmurat Niyazov (1940), Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957), Al-Nasa'i (829), Al-Zamakhshari (1075), and Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (1603). After him are Chaghri Beg (989), Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (736), Al-Muqanna (800), Najm al-Din Kubra (1145), Sufyan al-Thawri (716), and Yelena Bonner (1923).

Others born in Turkmenistan

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among GEOGRAPHERS In Turkmenistan

Among geographers born in Turkmenistan, Ibn Khordadbeh ranks 1. 

Turkmen born Geographers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous