The best divisions for knowledge of the regions

by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Muqaddasī, Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Muqaddasi, Al-Muqaddasi, Ahsan Al-Taqasim

Al-Muqaddasi was born in the year 945 of the Common Era (CE), which corresponds to the year 334 of the Islamic calendar (AH), and he died towards the close of the millenium. Defining the area of hi…