Shams al-Din ibn Tulun

Šams ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Bannāʾ al-Baššārī war ein arabischer Geograph der zweiten Hälfte des 10. Jahrhunderts. Er ist bekannt für sein Buch Aḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm, das Karten enthält.

Connection to Damascus

Born lived and died in Damascus; declined the positions of khatib of the Umayyad Mosque and Hanafi mufti of Damascus.

Known for

Prolific author of 750 works; important source for Damascus history under Ottoman rule.