Allegedly a Muslim traveler, sailor, cartographer and geographer who was born in Khuzistan in Persia. In the year 953, he supposedly completed a collection of narratives from Muslim sailors based in Siraf, Oman, Basra and elsewhere.
According to some scholars, Buzurg ibn Shahriyār is a fictional character. Apart from the attribution to him in this book, his existence is otherwise unattested. The attribution dates from the thirteenth century, long after his alleged lifetime. Recent research has shown that the book was more probably written in Cairo during the second half of the tenth century by a scholar called Abū ‘Imrān Mūsā ibn Rabāḥ al-Awsī al-Sīrāfī.[2]
| Born | 10th cent. |
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| Born | 10th cent. |
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Description and travel, Early works to 1800, Apologetics, Arabic literature, Christianity, French literature, Fundamentele theologie, History, Miscellanea, Philosophy, Tales, Tales, india, Translations from Arabic, TravelID Numbers
- OLID: OL1562135A
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- بزرگ بن شهریار الرام هرمزي
- Buzurg ibn Shahriyār al-Rāmhormuzī
- Buzurg ibn Shahriyar Ramhurmuzi
- Buzurg ibn Shahriyar
- Buzurg ibn Shahriyār Rāmhurmuzī
| July 3, 2025 | Edited by Tom Morris | Add brief bio from Wikipedia |
| July 3, 2025 | Edited by Tom Morris | merge authors |
| May 21, 2009 | Edited by EdwardBot | merge authors |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |