al-Masudi المسعودي
He is sometimes referred to as the “Herodotus of the Arabs”
Full Name: Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Masʿūdī.
Arabic: أبو الحسن علي بن الحسين بن علي المسعودي
Born: 896 AD
Died: 956 AD.
Origin: Baghdad, Iraq.
Famous for: Historian, Geographer and Traveler.
Contributions:
Author of over twenty works on theology, history (Islamic and universal), geography, natural science and philosophy, his celebrated magnum opus The Meadows of Gold (Murūj al-Dhahab)
Articles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Masudi
https://www.britannica.com/biography/al-Masudi
https://iranicaonline.org/articles/masudi
Books attributed to al-Masudi