Ibn al-Balkhī

Historian and geographer of Fārs; author of the Fārs-nāma.

Historians & Chroniclers · Iran & Khurāsān

Ibn al-Balḫī (fl. ca. 498/1104-511/1117)

Historian

Little is known of the life of Ibn al-Balḫī other than his work Fārs-nāmah. Fārs-nāmah is a “history and geography of Fārs beginning with an account of the Pre-Islamic Persian dynasties which occupies nearly two-thirds of the whole”. The work was undertaken at the command of the Seljuk ruler Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muḥammad (r. 498/1104 and 511/1117).

Works by this Author

Fārs-nāmah

The Book of Fārs [=Persia]

Available Texts

Fārs-nāmah - The Description of the Province of Fārs in Persia

The Book of Fārs [=Persia]

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