Overview
Biography and setting
Al-Idrisi is presented as geographer and cartographer associated with Ceuta and Sicily. The working chronology for this record is 493-560 AH / 1100-1165 CE. Known for cartography, geography, travel knowledge, and courtly scholarship.
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493-560 AH / 1100-1165 CE
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