Daily conversations   Food & Restaurant   Travel & Car   Family   Home   Occupations   Kitchen   Week days & Seasons   School   Numbers   Colours   Parts of human body   Things   Persian language   Persian alphabet   Persian grammar   Persian Music   Persian foods   Persian poems   Iranian scientists   English words of Persian origin   Free Downloads   Support   Feedback   Upload your video   Search	Category  »  Iranian scientists                                  Istakhri, geographer, gives the earliest known account of windmills Abul Qasim Ubaidullah ibn Abdullah ibn Khurdad-bih a.k.a Istakhri was a medieval Persian prominent geographer. Among his works we find Al-masalik wa al-mamalik and his al-Aqalim. It was Istakhri who created the earliest known account of windmills. A map of the Persian Gulf by Istakhri. A map by Istakhri from the text Al-aqalim. Source: wikipedia.org Previous Next Related links: Gorgani, Rustam, physician Hajji Zayn al-Attar, physician Hakim Muhammad Mehdi Naqi, physician Hakim Muhammad Sharif Khan, physician Hallaj, Mystic-philosopher Add this page to Your Favorites   Previous Next
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