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	Sheikh '''Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi''' or simply '''al-Dimashqi''' ({{~~lang-~~ar\|شمس الدين الأنصاري الدمشقي}}) (1256–1327) was a medieval [[Arab]] [[geographer]], completing his main work in 1300. Born in [[Damascus]]—as his name "Dimashqi" implies—he mostly wrote of his native land, the [[Greater Syria]] (''Bilad ash-Sham''), upon the complete withdrawal of the [[Crusades\|Crusader]]s. He became a contemporary of the [[Mamluk]] sultan [[Baibars]], the general who led the [[Muslim]]s in war against the Crusaders. His work is of value in connection with the Crusader Chronicles. He died while in [[Safad]], in 1327.<ref name="le Strange">le Strange, 1890, [https://archive.org/stream/palestineundermo00lestuoft#page/n37/mode/1up p.10].</ref>		Sheikh '''Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi''' or simply '''al-Dimashqi''' ({{langx\|ar\|شمس الدين الأنصاري الدمشقي}}) (1256–1327) was a medieval [[Arab]] [[geographer]], completing his main work in 1300. Born in [[Damascus]]—as his name "Dimashqi" implies—he mostly wrote of his native land, the [[Greater Syria]] (''Bilad ash-Sham''), upon the complete withdrawal of the [[Crusades\|Crusader]]s. He became a contemporary of the [[Mamluk]] sultan [[Baibars]], the general who led the [[Muslim]]s in war against the Crusaders. His work is of value in connection with the Crusader Chronicles. He died while in [[Safad]], in 1327.<ref name="le Strange">le Strange, 1890, [https://archive.org/stream/palestineundermo00lestuoft#page/n37/mode/1up p.10].</ref>

	Al-Dimashqi (1325) gives detailed accounts of islands in [[Maritime Southeast Asia]], its inhabitants, flora, fauna and customs. He mentions "the country of [[Champa]]...is inhabited by Muslims and idolaters. Islam arrived there during the time of Caliph Uthman...and Ali, many Muslims who were expelled by the Umayyads and by Al-Hajjaj, fled there, and since then a majority of the Cham have embraced Islam."		Al-Dimashqi (1325) gives detailed accounts of islands in [[Maritime Southeast Asia]], its inhabitants, flora, fauna and customs. He mentions "the country of [[Champa]]...is inhabited by Muslims and idolaters. Islam arrived there during the time of Caliph Uthman...and Ali, many Muslims who were expelled by the Umayyads and by Al-Hajjaj, fled there, and since then a majority of the Cham have embraced Islam."
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{{Short description|Syrian traveler and geographer (1256–1327)}}
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|title= '''al-Dimashqi'''
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Sheikh '''Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi''' or simply '''al-Dimashqi''' ({{lang-ar|شمس الدين الأنصاري الدمشقي}}) (1256–1327) was a medieval [[Arab]] [[geographer]], completing his main work in 1300. Born in [[Damascus]]—as his name "Dimashqi" implies—he mostly wrote of his native land, the [[Greater Syria]] (''Bilad ash-Sham''), upon the complete withdrawal of the [[Crusades|Crusader]]s. He became a contemporary of the [[Mamluk]] sultan [[Baibars]], the general who led the [[Muslim]]s in war against the Crusaders. His work is of value in connection with the Crusader Chronicles. He died while in [[Safad]], in 1327.<ref name="le Strange">le Strange, 1890, [https://archive.org/stream/palestineundermo00lestuoft#page/n37/mode/1up p.10].</ref>

Al-Dimashqi (1325) gives detailed accounts of islands in [[Maritime Southeast Asia]], its inhabitants, flora, fauna and customs. He mentions "the country of [[Champa]]...is inhabited by Muslims and idolaters. Islam arrived there during the time of Caliph Uthman...and Ali, many Muslims who were expelled by the Umayyads and by Al-Hajjaj, fled there, and since then a majority of the Cham have embraced Islam."

Of their rivals the [[Khmer people|Khmer]], Al-Dimashqi (1325) mentions they inhabit the island of Komor (Khmer), also called Malay Island, are many towns and cities, rich-dense forests with huge, tall trees, and white elephants; they supplemented their income from the trade routes not only by exporting [[ivory]] and [[aloe]], but also by engaging in piracy and raiding on Muslim and Chinese shipping.

Al-Dimaski's writings on Syria were published in [[St. Petersburg]] in 1866 by [[August Ferdinand Mehren|M.A.F Mehren]], and this edition was later used for the English translation by [[Guy Le Strange]] in 1890.<ref name="le Strange"/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|title=Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500|url=https://archive.org/details/palestineundermo00lestuoft |first1=Guy|last1=le Strange|authorlink=Guy Le Strange|year=1890|publisher=Committee of the [[Palestine Exploration Fund]]}}, London,

==External links==
*{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/syrienogpalesti00dimagoog |author=Al-Dimashqi |authorlink=Al-Dimashqi (geographer) |translator=[[August Ferdinand Mehren|A. F. Mehren]] |year=1862 |title=Syrien og Palestina, Studie efter en arabisk Geograph [Shams al-Dîn Dimashḳî] |publisher=G.E.C.Gad|location=Copenhagen|language= Danish}}
*{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/cosmographie00muam |author=Al-Dimashqi |authorlink=Al-Dimashqi (geographer) |translator=[[August Ferdinand Mehren|A. F. Mehren]] |year=1866 |title=Cosmographie |publisher= l'Académie Impriale des Sciences|location=Saint-Pétersbourg|language= Arabic}}
*{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/manueldelacosmo00unkngoog |author=Al-Dimashqi |authorlink=Al-Dimashqi (geographer) |translator=[[August Ferdinand Mehren|A. F. Mehren]] |year=1874 |title=Manuel de la cosmographie du moyen āge |publisher= C. A. Reitzel|language= French}}
*[http://www.filaha.org/author_al_dimashqi.html Al-Dimashqī biography in The Filāḥa Texts Project]

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