# Muhammad al-Idrisi

> He drew the world in 1154 — not from Scripture or guesswork, but from traveler accounts, star charts, and his own journeys — and for three centuries his map was the most accurate thing Europe had. An Arab geographer working in the Christian court of Norman Sicily, al-Idrisi made the Tabula Rogeriana, a silver planisphere that flipped the conventions and rede

*Andalusian geographer (1100–1165)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/muhammad-al-idrisi

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Spain
- **Born:** 1110
- **Died:** 1166
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in Ceuta in 1100 under Almoravid rule, Muhammad al-Idrisi ended up at the court of King Roger II in Palermo, an unusual posting for a Muslim scholar in Christian Sicily. There he spent years compiling the Tabula Rogeriana, synthesizing Mediterranean and Islamic geographic knowledge into one of the most advanced medieval world maps. The work became a reference across continents long after his death in 1165. He remains a signal figure in the preservation and transmission of Arabic geographic scholarship through Norman Sicily's rare intellectual crossroads.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 66.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 17.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 23.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 11.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #192
- **Category rank:** #135

## Topics
#Business Professionals, #Scientist, #History, #Literature, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_al-Idrisi)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173441)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Muhammad%20al-Idrisi)
- [الإدريسي](https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A)
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- [Məhəmməd İdrisi](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C9%99h%C9%99mm%C9%99d_%C4%B0drisi)
- [Иҙриси](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D2%99%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8)
- [Аль-Ідрысі](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%86%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%96)
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- [Мохамед ал-Идриси](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%B0%D0%BB-%D0%98%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8)
- [मोहम्मद अल-इदरीसी](https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80)
- [মুহাম্মদ আল-ইদ্রিসি](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF)
- [Al-Idrisi](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Idrisi)
- [Muhamed el-Idrisi](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhamed_el-Idrisi)
- [Al-Idrissí](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Idriss%C3%AD)
- [محەممەد ئیدریسی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%DB%95%D9%85%D9%85%DB%95%D8%AF_%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C)
- [Al-Idrísí](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Idr%C3%ADs%C3%AD)
- [Al-Idrisi](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Idrisi)
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- [Muhammad al-Idrisi](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_al-Idrisi)
- [Al-Idrisi](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Idrisi)
- [Muḩammad al-Idrīsī](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%E1%B8%A9ammad_al-Idr%C4%ABs%C4%AB)
- [Al-Idrisi](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Idrisi)
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- [Al-Idrisi](https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Idrisi)
- [الإدريسي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A)

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