Al-Idrisi, Geographer of Sicily: Scholar in Islamic History

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ScholarGeographer of Sicily

Al-Idrisiالإدريسي

c. 1100-1165 CEApproximate datePalermo

A geographer who made a great world map for the Norman king of Sicily.

Born in Ceuta to a family descended from the Idrisid rulers, he studied in Cordoba and travelled widely. Roger II invited him to Palermo, where his Book of Roger (1154) and a silver world map combined travellers' reports into the best geography of the age.

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His maps were copied in both Muslim and Christian lands for centuries.

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