نظري بر جغرافياپژوهي در تمدن اسلامي

A Glance at Geography Researching in Islamic Civilization

The geography science and geography researching has been prominant from the Islamic scholars point of views and in Islamic civilization. This article is aimed at studying the place of this science in Islamic civilization and presenting an agreeable analysis. First, the Moslems approach and willingness to geography science and its reasons and factors are separately elaborated. The second discussion deals with the Islamic Scholars scientific services and achievements in various branches of geography and their presentation of invaluable works in different periods of Islamic history and civilization. In the end, a brief explanation is given on the impact of Islamic geographic knowledge on the European geographic thought through examples.