Al Idrisi ( A Muslim Scholar)

 ABU ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD AL IDRISI (12TH CENTURY)

was a muslim arab geographer and visited lisbon, andalusia(spain), france, england, sicily, morocco, constantine, asia minor, and the interior parts of africa. he got education at the university of cordova in spain. In 1154 he completed a book entitled "amusements for him who desires to travel around the world" . he corrected the wrong notion of of an enclosed indian ocean and also the erroneous concept regarding the caspian sea corrected as gulf of world ocean. he defined with the precision the courses of many rivers including those of danube and niger rivers. he plotted various geographical features in world map. he utilized many islamic and christian resources. he gave account of europe in the first half of 12th century that is unrivalled.

Reference: Evolution of Geographical thought- Majid Husain


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