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Muhammad al-Idrisi

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Muhammad al-Idrisi
Statue o Al-Idrisi in Ceuta
Born1099
Ceuta, (present-day Spain)
Dee'd1161
Sicily
Kent forTabula Rogeriana
Scientific career
FieldsGeografer, writer, scientist, cartografer

Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani al-Sabti or simply Al Idrisi (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي القرطبي الحسني السبتي‎; Laitin: Dreses) (1099–1165 or 1166) wis a Muslim geografer, cartografer, Egyptologist an traveller who lived in Sicily, at the coort o King Roger II.