Muhammad al-Idrisi
Muhammad al-Idrisi | |
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محمد الإدريسي | |
Statue of al-Idrisi in Ceuta | |
| Born | 1100 |
| Died | 1165 (aged 64–65) Ceuta, Almohad Caliphate |
| Known for | Tabula Rogeriana |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geographer, cartographer |
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi /ælɪˈdriːsiː/ (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي القرطبي الحسني السبتي; Latin: Dreses; 1100–1165), was an Arab[1][2][3] Muslim geographer and cartographer who served in the court of King Roger II at Palermo, Sicily. Muhammad al-Idrisi was born in Ceuta, then belonging to the Almoravid dynasty. He created the Tabula Rogeriana, one of the most advanced medieval world maps. al-Idrisi stands as one of the most celebrated cartographers and geographical scholars from the Islamic world, exemplifying the intellectual figures who preserved and advanced the Arabic culture and traditions during the Era of the Normans in medieval Sicily.[4]
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Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad al-Idrīsī al-Qurṭubī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdallāh b. Idrīs b. Yaḥyā al‑ʿĀlī bi‑Amrillāh b. ʿAlī b. Ḥammūd al‑ʿĀlī (d. 560 / 1164–65 or 571 / 1175) is the Arab geographer best known to Europeans. His illustrated geography, Nuzhat al‑mushtāq fī khtirāq al‑āfāq ("The Book of Pleasant Journeys into Faraway Lands"), composed around 549 / 1154, was among the first Arabic works printed in Europe; a partial Latin translation appeared twenty‑seven years later.
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