What's Al-Masudi's most known for?
Being a historian, geographer and traveler
Being a philosopher
Being a mathematician
Being a naturalist
Answer
Al-Masudi was a Persian polymath, historian, geographer, traveler and scientist who was born in Baghdad in 896. He traveled widely throughout the Islamic world and beyond, and his writings have been an important source of information on the geography, history, and culture of the medieval Islamic world.
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