Geographical description of the Arabian Peninsula at Al-Maqdisi

Summery

The Arabian peninsula attracted the attention of the Muslim geographers and took their early beginnings. The Arab countries or the Arabian peninsula as know by Arab scientists is the land surrounded by India sea (the Indian ocean),(sea of alkulzm) rad sea, Tigris and Euphrates .

The Arabian peninsula is located is Asia and is surrounded (clock wise )in the Arabian gulf in the north east ,the strait of hormaz , the Arabian sea to the southeast and south , the gulf of Aden to the south ,the bab almandab in the south west and the red sea to the south and south west .