Al-Masudi



al-Masʿūdī (full name Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Masʿūdī, أبو الحسن علي بن الحسين بن علي المسعودي), c. 896–956, was an Arab historian, geographer and traveler.

Quotes

 * Amongst the kings of Sind and Hind none treats the Muslims who are established in their domains with more distinction than the Ballahara.
 * al-Masudi, Murujadh -dhahab, I, p. 170. quoted from Wink A Al-Hind, The Making of the Indo-Islamic World. Volume 1 p 69