Al-Bakri

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Al-Bakri was an 11th-century Andalusian Arab geographer and historian whose writings provide one of the most important early descriptions of West African states such as the Ghana Empire.

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Al-Bakri canonical 3
al-Bakri 3
Abu ʿUbayd al-Bakri 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Andalusian
Arab
book
geographer
historian
person
writer
author Al-Bakri self-linksurface differs
birthDate c. 1014
century 11th century
culture Andalusian
deathDate 1094
described Ghana Empire
Iberian Peninsula
North African regions
West African states
trans-Saharan trade
era Islamic Golden Age
ethnicGroup Arabs
surface form: Arab
fieldOfWork geography
historiography of al-Andalus
history
fullName Al-Bakri self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abu ʿUbayd al-Bakri
genre geographical work
givenName Abu
influenced later Islamic geographers
modern historians of West Africa
knownFor description of the Ghana Empire
description of trans-Saharan trade routes
early descriptions of West African states
language Arabic
nationality Andalusian
Arabs
surface form: Arab
notableWork Kitab al-Masalik wa-l-Mamalik
occupation geographer
historian
writer
placeOfBirth Huelva
placeOfDeath Córdoba
region Al-Andalus
surface form: al-Andalus
religion Islam
residence Córdoba
sourceFor history of Ghana Empire
history of al-Andalus
medieval West African history
work Kitab al-Masalik wa-l-Mamalik

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Ghana Empire knownFromSource Al-Bakri
Wagadou mentionedBy Al-Bakri
this entity surface form: al-Bakri
Takrur mentionedBy Al-Bakri
this entity surface form: al-Bakri
Al-Bakri fullName Al-Bakri self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Abu ʿUbayd al-Bakri
Al-Bakri author Al-Bakri self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Kitab al-Masalik wa-l-Mamalik
Koumbi Saleh describedBy Al-Bakri
this entity surface form: al-Bakri
Tekrur historicalSource Al-Bakri