Contributions of Muslim Turks to Geography
N. Akmal Ayyubi
Institute of Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.)
Keywords: Islam, Turks, Ottoman Empire, History
Abstract
Islam gave a new civilization to the Turks who were always great admirers of sciences. The last words of Sultan Osman to his son Orhan -"Be the supporter of the faith and the protector of the sciences"- was religiously observed. Turks also became faithful of those nations who had contributed in various fields of sciences and like the Arabs they have distinguished themselves in the science of geography. They have a definite stage in the history of this branch of knowledge and their contents are amazingly vast. Their effects are also far-reaching but their contributions are not well known to scholars as it should be.