Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi, 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... Wikipedia
Born: 1100, Ceuta, Spain
Died: 1165 (age 65 years), Sicily, Italy
Full name: Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti
Nationality: Abbasid
Parents: Muhammad al-Idrisi
Fields: Geographer, writer, scientist, cartographer
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