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Al Idrissi - The Muslim Geographer
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The Man Behind The First World Map In History | Al Idrisi | Islamic Golden Age | 1001 Inventions
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi, was an Arab Muslim geographer, cartographer and Egyptologist who lived in Palermo, Sicily at the court of King Roger II. Muhammed al-Idrisi was born in Ceuta, then belonging to the Almoravids.