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Muhammad al-Idrisi
Muslim geographer (–)
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Fateh al idrisi biography
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Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي القرطبي الحسني السبتي; Latin: Dreses; –), was a Muslim geographer and cartographer who served in the court of King Roger II at Palermo, Sicily.
Muhammad al-Idrisi was born in Ceuta, then belonging to the Almoravid dynasty. He created the Tabula Rogeriana, one of the most advanced medieval world maps.
Early life
Al-Idrisi hailed from the Hammudid dynasty of North Africa and Al-Andalus, which was descended from Muhammad through the powerful Idrisid dynasty.[1][2] Al-Idrisi was believed to be born the city of Ceuta in , at the time controlled by the Almoravids, where his great-grandfather had been forced to settle after the fall of HammudidMálaga to the Zirids of Granada.[3] He spent much of his early life travelling