Muhammad al-Idrisi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Muhammad al-Idrisi

Medieval Arab geographer

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1100

Place of Birth: Ceuta, Spain

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: writer, historian, geographer, egyptologist, cartographer, botanist

Nationality: Morocco

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi (Arabic: ??? ??? ???? ???? ???????? ??????? ?????? ???????; Latin: Dreses; 1100 – 1165), was a Moroccan Arab Muslim geographer, cartographer and Egyptologist who lived in Palermo, Sicily at the court of King Roger II, much after the decline of the Islamic Southern Italy.
Muhammed al-Idrisi was born in Ceuta then belonging to the Almoravids.
He created the Tabula Rogeriana, one of the most advanced medieval world maps.