Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Zuhri

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Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Zuhri
Native name	محمد بن أبي بكر الزهري
Born	12th century Granada, Al-Andalus
Died	Between 1154 and 1161
Occupation	Geographer
Notable works	Kitāb al-Jughrāfiyya (Book of Geography)

Muḥammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Zuhri (Arabic: محمد بن أبي بكر الزهري) of Granada (fl. 1130s–1150s) was a geographer. He was the writer of a notable work, Kitāb al-Jughrāfiyya (Book of Geography). Al-Zuhri was able to use the writings of the geographers of the reign of caliph al-Ma'mun of Baghdad (d. 456/1068).^[1] He belonged to the Arab tribe of Banu Zuhrah.^[2] Al-Zuhri died between 1154 and 1161.

References

^ S. M. Imamuddin, Muslim Spain 711-1492 A.D., p. 159
^ Husain, Wassan Ibraheem. "The Historical Narrative Authored by Al-Zuhry in his Book Geography" (in Arabic). Baghdad University, History Department. p. 694. Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Al-Zuhri From the tribe of Banu Zahra ibn Kulab That camped around Mecca

Miquel Barceló, "Comentaris a un text sobre Mallorca del geògraf al-Zuhri", Mayurqa, Vol. 14, 1975, pp. 155–165
George Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science, 1931, page 130

External links

Climate zones of Al-Zuhri (Archived 2009-10-24). (Retrieved November 26, 2008.)

Geography and cartography in the medieval Islamic world

Geographers

9th century	Al-Khwarizmi Abu Hanifa Dinawari Ya'qubi Sulaiman al-Tajir
10th century	Ibn Khordadbeh Ahmad ibn Rustah Ahmad ibn Fadlan Abu Zayd al-Balkhi Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani Al-Masudi Istakhri Khashkhash Ibn Saeed Ibn Aswad Ibn Hawqal Ibn al-Faqih Al-Muqaddasi Al-Ramhormuzi Qudama ibn Ja'far
11th century	Al-Biruni Abu Saʿīd Gardēzī Al-Bakri Mahmud al-Kashgari Domiyat
12th century	al-Zuhri Muhammad al-Idrisi Abu'l Abbas al-Hijazi
13th century	Ibn Jubayr Saadi Shirazi Yaqut al-Hamawi Ibn Said al-Maghribi Ibn al-Nafis Ibn al-Mujawir
14th century	Al-Dimashqi Abu'l-Fida Ibn al-Wardi Hamdallah Mustawfi Ibn Battuta Lin Nu
15th century	Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī Ghiyāth al-dīn Naqqāsh Ahmad ibn Mājid Zheng He Ma Huan Fei Xin
16th century	Sulaiman Al Mahri Piri Reis Mir Ahmed Nasrallah Thattvi Amīn Rāzī
17th century	Evliya Çelebi

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