GEOGRAPHER

Muhammad al-Idrisi

1100 - 1165

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Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي القرطبي الحسني السبتي; Latin: Dreses; 1100–1165), was a Muslim geographer and cartographer who served in the court of King Roger II at Palermo, Sicily. Muhammad al-Idrisi was born in Ceuta, then belonging to the Almoravid dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad al-Idrisi has received more than 1,008,587 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Muhammad al-Idrisi is the 5th most popular geographer, the 44th most popular biography from Spain (down from 43rd in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Geographer.

Muhammad al-Idrisi was a Muslim geographer and cartographer from the 11th century. He is most famous for his work, "Tabula Rogeriana," which is a map of the world.

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  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Muhammad al-Idrisi ranks 5 out of 86. Before him are Eratosthenes, Strabo, Alexander von Humboldt, and Gerardus Mercator. After him are Piri Reis, Pausanias, Carl Ritter, Abraham Ortelius, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Martin Waldseemüller, and Wladimir Köppen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100, Muhammad al-Idrisi ranks 1. After him are Pope Gregory VIII, Pope Lucius II, Pope Honorius II, Pope Innocent II, Ahmad Sanjar, Pope Alexander III, Pope Celestine II, Adam of Bremen, Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, Najm ad-Din Ayyub, and Albert the Bear. Among people deceased in 1165, Muhammad al-Idrisi ranks 1. After him are Stephen IV of Hungary, Malcolm IV of Scotland, Emperor Nijō, Sibylla of Anjou, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, and Archpoet.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Muhammad al-Idrisi ranks 44 out of 3,355. Before him are Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), Luis Buñuel (1900), Charles III of Spain (1716), Pope Callixtus III (1379), Joan Fuster (1922), and Montserrat Caballé (1933). After him are Arcadius (377), Roland (736), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Michael Servetus (1509), Pedro Almodóvar (1949), and Isabella II of Spain (1830).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Spain

Among geographers born in Spain, Muhammad al-Idrisi ranks 1. After him are Pomponius Mela (15), Ibn Jubayr (1145), Al-Bakri (1014), Abraham Cresques (1325), and Jehuda Cresques (1350).

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