Арабская астрономическая география 1-й пол. IX в. об Азовском море, ландшафте и населении Приазовья

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to reconstruct the ideas of the Arabian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of the 1st half of the 9th c. Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi of the Azov Sea with its adjoining areas and population. The research is based on the following basic methodological approaches: selection, systematization and analysis of the information on the region contained in the geographical work of this author “Kitab surat al-ard (book of the form of the earth). To reveal the degree of reliability of the information under investigation, a methodological principle of complexity, i.e. comparison of the evidence contained in al Khwarizmi's work with the archaeological data, has been used in studying this historical written record.