Dublin Core
Title
De Geographia Vniversali
Description
Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Idrisi was a Muslim geographer, cartographer, Egyptologist and traveller who lived in Sicily, at the court of King Roger II. Muhammed al-Idrisi was born in Ceuta, then belonging to the Moroccan Almoravids, and died in Sicily. Al Idrisi was a descendant of the Idrisids, who in turn were descendants of Hasan bin Ali, the son of Ali and the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Publisher
Romae Medicea
Date
1592
Language
Arabic
Type
Book