Al-Masudi
Al-Masudi or Abu-Alhasan Ali bin al-Husain. Born and raised in the city of
Baghdad. Spent most of his life travelling in the
Asia and the
Middle East. Wrote 10s of books about his travels. Most significant book of those is Moroj Al-Thahab, which writes the history since the beginning of humankind, until the year
947. He died in
Egypt in the year
958.