SOME VIEWS ABOUT THE JOURNEYS OF AL-IṢṬAKHRI

The article intended to make clear a places visited by al- Iṣṭakhri – author of “Masalik al-mamalik” (“Ways of climates”), which describes all the Muslim world of Xth century jointly the Central Asia and considers as one of the reliable sources on studying the history and historical geography of early centuries. The author approaches critically to the information from the work, which indicates on visiting by al-Iṣṭakhri to this or that place on comparing with other works especially them were wrought before the “Masālik al-mamālik”.