ABSTRACT

The Greek and Roman Contributions to Geography, which preceded the Arabs, came to an end with the demise of Roman Empire in fifth century A.D. This was the time when “Dark Age of Geography” set in. Due to dominance of Church and lack of exploration the word Geography almost completely disappeared from ordinary vocabulary. Against this background, the Muslims rekindled the scientific spirit and made distinct contributions in the fields of physical and Regional Geography, Mathematical Geography, Cartography and Astronomy as it was part of Geography at that time.  The commendable works of eminent Arab scholars ultimately lead to European enlightment, so called Renaissance, which was the real product of Muslim efforts. Without Arabs there could hardly had been the contributions of Bernhard Verinus, Alexander von Humboldt , William Moris Davis  and others, even  no modern highly cultured subject of geography. The present paper is an attempt to present the description of contribution of Muslim scholars and its impact on the development of subject of geography.