Muhammad al-Idrisi
Cartographer, Academic
1099 – 1161
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Who was Muhammad al-Idrisi?
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani al-Sabti or simply Al Idrisi was a Muslim geographer, cartographer, Egyptologist and traveller who lived in Sicily, at the court of King Roger II. Muhammed al-Idrisi was born in Ceuta, then belonging to the Moroccan Almoravids, and died in Sicily. Al Idrisi was a descendant of the Idrisids, who in turn were descendants of Hasan bin Ali, the son of Ali and the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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- Born
- 1099
Ceuta - Also known as
- Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi
- Nationality
- Morocco
- Profession
- Employment
- Saharan explorers
- Died
- 1161
Sicily
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on July 23, 2013
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