Author: Al-Masʻūdī
Alternate names: Masudi; al-Masʻūdī; Abū al-Ḥasan ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Masʻūdī; Al-Mas'udi; أَبُو ٱلْحَسَن عَلِيّ ٱبْن ٱلْحُسَيْن ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱلْمَسْعُودِيّ; ʾAbū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Masʿūdī; Maçoudi; al-Masu̓̄dī.
Born: 896?
Died: 956?
Bio: 10th century Arab historian, geographer, and traveller