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ABUL HASAN
ALI IBN AL-MAS'UDI
(Died 957A.D)


Abul Hasan Ali Ibn Husain Ibn Ali Al-Mas'udi was a descendant of Abdallah Ibn Mas'ud , a companion of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him(

An expert geographer , a physicist and historian , Mas'udi was born in the last decade of the 9th centry A.D ; his exact date of birth being unknown

He was a Mutazilite Arab , who explored distant lands and died in Cairo in 957 A.D

whatever he has recorded was with a scientif-ic approach and constituted an important con-tribution to geography , history and earth sci-ences

It is interesting to note that he was one of the early scientists who propounded several aspects of evolution viz , from minerals to plant , plant to animal and animal to man

His researches and views extensively influenced the sciences of historiography , geography and earth sciences for several countries