Ab ū Ḥ ā mid Al-Gharn ā ṭ ī

also known as Ab ū ʿ Abdall ā h Mu ḥ ammad ibn ʿ Abd al-Ra ḥ ī m … al-M ā zin ī al-Andalus ī

( b . Granada, Spain, 1080; d . Damascus, Syria, 1169)

geography .

Born of Hispano-Arabic parents, Ab ū Ḥ ā mid emigrated to the Orient by sea. In 1117 he was in Alexandria, where he studied with Ab ū Bakr al- Ṭ ur ṭ ū sh ī . He visited Cairo and Baghdad, traveled through Persia, crossed the Caucasus, and went up the Volga as far as Bulg ā r (55 ° north). He later visited Bashgird (an area then occupied by Hungarian tribes), and then ...