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 ⓘ