Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Idris al-Sharif

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Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Idris al-Sharif, better known as Al-Idrisi, was a 12th-century Arab Muslim geographer and cartographer renowned for creating one of the most advanced world maps and geographical encyclopedias of the medieval period.

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instanceOf Arab Muslim scholar
cartographer
geographer
medieval scholar
polymath
alsoKnownAs Abu Abdallah al-Idrisi
linked to: Al-Idrisi

Muhammad al-Idrisi
linked to: Al-Idrisi

Sharif al-Idrisi
linked to: Al-Idrisi
birthPlace Almoravid Empire
linked to: Almoravid dynasty

Ceuta
Sabta
birthYear 1100
civilizationContext Islamic Golden Age
deathYear 1165
1166
describedRegion Asia
Europe
Indian Ocean region
Middle East
North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
dynasticAffiliation Idrisid family
linked to: Idrisid dynasty
era 12th century
ethnicOrigin Arab
linked to: Arabs
fieldOfWork cartography
geography
topography
travel literature
fullName Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Idris al-Sharif
influenced Islamic geography
later medieval European cartography
influencedBy Ptolemy
linked to: Ptolemaios

earlier Islamic geographers
languageOfWork Arabic
mapOrientation south-up world map
mapType mappa mundi
notableFor compiling a comprehensive geographical encyclopedia
creating one of the most advanced medieval world maps
notableWork Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq
Tabula Rogeriana
The Book of Roger
patron Roger II of Sicily
religion Islam
usedSources classical geographical texts
reports of travelers and merchants
workedAt court of Roger II of Sicily
workLocation Kingdom of Sicily
Palermo

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Al-Idrisi fullName Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Idris al-Sharif
Al-Idrisi fullName Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Idris al-Sharif