Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi / æ l ɪ ˈ d r iː s iː / (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي القرطبي الحسني السبتي; Latin: Dreses; 1100–1165), was a Muslim geographer and cartographer who served in the court of King Roger II at Palermo, Sicily.

2025年1月1日 · Muhammad al-Idrisi was an Arab geographer and adviser to Roger II, the Norman king of Sicily. He completed several major medieval geographic works, including a planisphere with a map of the world and a geographic text intended as its key.

2024年6月18日 · Muhammad al-Idrisi was a renowned cartographer and geographer who created one of the most detailed and accurate maps of the world in the 12th century. He was known for his eclectic and diverse background, having been born in Morocco, educated in Spain, and working in Sicily under the Norman king Roger II.

2022年1月13日 · Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Idrisi (circa 1100–66) was a 12th century geographer from al-Maghrib (North Africa). Born of noble lineage in Sabtah (the present-day Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco), he studied in Cordoba.

2024年9月27日 · One of the most famous cartographers to publish early maps of the world was Arab Muslim geographer, traveler, and scholar Abū Abdallāh Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Abdallāh ibn Idrīs al-sharif al-Idrīsī, or simply al-Idrisi.

2021年8月25日 · In 1154, Arab Muslim geographer al-Idrisi, working at the behest of King Roger of Sicily, created a huge map of the known world. The map was more than 9 feet long and composed of 70 separate section maps. The Library preserves a 1928 recreation of this map.

Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Idrisi. The Arab geographer Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100-1165) wrote the Book of Roger, a world geography, for King Roger II of Sicily. His work, marking the end of the classical age of Arab geography, sums up much of its achievement.

Muhammad al-Idrisi Muslim Geographer and Cartographer Muhammad al-Idrisi was born in 1100 in Ceuta, Morocco into the Ḥammūdid Dynasty that ruled Malaga until 1157. Al-Idrisi was an avid traveler who journeyed to Northern Africa, Spain, and even Turkey at the age of 16. He is known to have studied in Cordova,

Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani al-Sabti or simply Al Idrisi (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي ‎; Latin: Dreses) (1099–1165 or 1166) was a Muslim geographer, cartographer, Egyptologist and traveller who lived in Sicily, at the court of King Roger II.

2023年8月24日 · In the 12th century, a Muslim nobleman named Muhammad al-Idrisi combined Greek, Arab, and Viking geographic knowledge. In so doing, he created one of the most detailed and precise world maps of...