PERSON

Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar ibn Rustah

Name (arabic)

أبو علي أحمد بن عمر بن رستة

Name (translit)

Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar ibn Rustah

Flourished

183H/800J

Notes

(From MAMS2): Scholar-encyclopaedist.

Number in MAMS

112

ismi_id

96109

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