De Geographia Vniversali

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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