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WikiProject Palestine Resource Centre This is a project to organize resources for articles related to Palestine. Introduction This resource was established by WikiProject Palestine to facilitate the production of informed and well-sourced articles on Palestine in Wikipedia. A note on names Guy le Strange In his book Palestine under the Moslem, first published in 1890, Guy le Strange lists the geographers/writers he has used . He names 24 people. As the translation from an Arab name into English is very, very different from author to author, some of the names are difficult to recognise. Here are some names found on Wikipedia: 1. (I.Kh.) Ibn Khurdabih --> Ibn Khordadbeh 2. (Bil.) Biladhuri --> Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri ( Book: Futuh al-Buldan ) 3. (Kud.) Kudamah --> ???? (lived in Baghdad, died 948) 4. (Yb.) Ya'kubi --> Ya'qubi (Books: Tarikh al-Yaqubi, Kitab al-Buldan ) 5. (I.F.) Ibn al Fakih --> Ibn al-Faqih (wrote his work around 903) 6. (I.R.) Ibn 'Abd Rabbih --> Ibn Abd Rabbih 7. (Mas.) Mas'udi --> Masudi, Abu al-Hasan 'Alī al-Mas'ūdī (896-956 Book: The Meadows of Gold ) 8. (Is.) Istakhri --> Estakhri 9. (I.H.) Ibn Haukal --> Ibn Hawqal 10. (Muk.) Mukaddasi --> Al-Muqaddasi (945/946 AD), 11. (N.Kh) Nasir-i-Khusrau --> Nasir-i-Khusraw 12. Ibn Butlan --> Ibn Butlan (Part of Ibn Butlans work is only known as it is used by Yakut) 13. (Id.) Idrisi --> Muhammad al-Idrisi 14. (A.H.) Ali of Herat --> Ali ibn abi bakr al-Harawi (died at Aleppo, 1215) 15. (I.J.) Ibn Jubair --> Ibn Jubayr 16. (Yak.) Yakut --> Yaqut al-Hamawi 17. (Mar.) The author of Marasid --> ?? 18. (Dim.) Dimashki --> Al-Dimashqi (b. 1256, Damascus, d. Safed 1327. main work ca 1300) 19. (A.F.) Abu-l Fida --> Abu al-Fida 20. (I.B.) Ibn Batuta --> Ibn Battuta 21. (Muth I) The author of the first Muthir -->  ??? 22. (Muth II) The author of the second Muthir -->  ??? 23. (S.) Shams ad Din Suyuti --> Imam al-Suyuti 24. (M.a.D.) Mujir ad Din 1496 --> Mujir al-Din al-'Ulaymi (translated into French in 1876 :"Historie de Jerusalem et d´Hebron"), also called Mejr ed Din (Robinson). In Arabic 2004: , in French 1876: