Al-Mas'udi, Historian and traveller

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Al-Mas'udiالمسعودي

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A traveller called 'the Herodotus of the Arabs' for his Meadows of Gold.

Born in Baghdad, he journeyed to India, the East African coast, the Caspian and Syria, and settled in Egypt. His Muruj al-Dhahab is a world history full of geography, peoples and customs, and describes the monsoon trade of the Indian Ocean.

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