Mosul in the books of travelers geographers in the fourth century AH / tenth century approach between Ibn al-Maqdisi and Hawqal

The Islamic Thought wittnest important development in Geography . May Ibn-hauhal- in his book " Surat – Al- Arth " , and Al-Makdisi –in his book " Ihsan Al-Takasim Fi Maarifat Al-Akaleem " are the best sample in Islamic Geography thought . So that this research sheds linght on the conditions of Mosul according the methodology perception in the two books above .