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Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari was an astronomer of the early Abbasid period. Writing around 777 CE, he gave one of the earliest written references to the Ghana Empire, describing it as the land of gold. His account testifies to the empire's early renown in the Islamic world.
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