Al-Masudi

| birth_date = 282–283 AH
(896 AD)
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate | death_date = Jumada al-Thani, 345 AH
(September, 956 AD)
Cairo, Egypt | main_interests = History, geography, jurisprudence | notable_works = ("The Meadows of Gold and the Mines of Gems")|At-Tanbih wa al-'Ashraf ("Admonition and Revision")}}| | influences = al-Shafi'i }}

al-Masʿūdī (full name , ), –956, was a historian, geographer and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the "Herodotus of the Arabs". A polymath and prolific author of over twenty works on theology, history (Islamic and universal), geography, natural science and philosophy, his celebrated magnum opus ''The Meadows of Gold'' () combines universal history with scientific geography, social commentary and biography. Provided by Wikipedia