Muhammad al-Idrisi
By the early 1100s, Multan was described by the Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi as being a "large city" commanded by a citadel that was surrounded by a moat. In the early 12th century, Multani poet Abdul Rahman penned the "Sandesh Rasak", the only known Muslim work in the medieval "Apabhraṃśa" language.