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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Al-Bakri canonical 4
al-Bakri 3
Abu ʿUbayd al-Bakri 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Andalusian ⓘ
Arab ⓘ
book ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
person ⓘ
writer ⓘ
author Al-Bakri ⓘ
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 Arab ⓘ
linked to: Arabs
fieldOfWork geography ⓘ
historiography of al-Andalus ⓘ
history ⓘ
fullName Abu ʿUbayd al-Bakri ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
Arab ⓘ
linked to: Arabs
notableWork Kitab al-Masalik wa-l-Mamalik ⓘ
occupation geographer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Huelva ⓘ
placeOfDeath Córdoba ⓘ
region al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: 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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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ghana Empire → knownFromSource → Al-Bakri ⓘ
Wagadou → mentionedBy → al-Bakri ⓘ
linked to: Al-Bakri
Takrur → mentionedBy → al-Bakri ⓘ
linked to: Al-Bakri
Al-Bakri → fullName → Abu ʿUbayd al-Bakri ⓘ
linked to: Al-Bakri
Kitab al-Masalik wa-l-Mamalik → author → Al-Bakri ⓘ
subject linked to: Al-Bakri
Koumbi Saleh → describedBy → al-Bakri ⓘ
linked to: Al-Bakri
Tekrur → historicalSource → Al-Bakri ⓘ