Muhammad al-Idrisi
Intellectuals & Academics

Muhammad al-Idrisi Net Worth


Muhammad al-Idrisi is a member of Intellectuals & Academics

Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Cartographer, Geographer, Traveler
Birth Year 1100
Birth Place Ceuta, (present-day Spain), Moroccan
Age 919 YEARS OLD
Died On 1165 (aged 64–65)\nCeuta
Known for Tabula Rogeriana
Fields Geographer, writer, scientist, cartographer

💰 Net worth

Muhammad al-Idrisi, a renowned Moroccan figure, was a distinguished Cartographer, Geographer, and Traveler during his time. Despite his notable achievements, his net worth is estimated to be in the range of $100,000 to $1 million by the year 2024. Al-Idrisi's prominence in the field of geography and mapping, particularly through his celebrated work, the Tabula Rogeriana, has left a lasting impact on the world of cartography. His contributions to geographic knowledge have greatly expanded our understanding of the world and continue to be revered to this day.

Famous Quotes:

The compilation of Edrisi marks an era in the history of science. Not only is its historical information most interesting and valuable, but its descriptions of many parts of the earth are still authoritative. For three centuries geographers copied his maps without alteration. The relative position of the lakes which form the Nile, as delineated in his work, does not differ greatly from that established by Baker and Stanley more than seven hundred years afterwards, and their number is the same. The mechanical genius of the author was not inferior to his erudition. The celestial and terrestrial planisphere of silver which he constructed for his royal patron was nearly six feet in diameter, and weighed four hundred and fifty pounds; upon the one side the zodiac and the constellations, upon the other-divided for convenience into segments-the bodies of land and water, with the respective situations of the various countries, were engraved.

Biography/Timeline

1592

An abridged version of the Arabic text was published in Rome in 1592 with title: De geographia universali or Kitāb Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī dhikr al-amṣār wa-al-aqṭār wa-al-buldān wa-al-juzur wa-al-madā’ in wa-al-āfāq which in English would be Recreation of the desirer in the account of cities, regions, countries, islands, towns, and distant lands. This was one of the first Arabic books ever printed. The first translation from the original Arabic was into Latin. The Maronite's Gabriel Sionita and Joannes Hesronita translated an abridged version of the text which was published in Paris in 1619 with the title of Geographia nubiensis. Not until the middle of the 19th century was a complete translation of the Arabic text published. This was a translation into French by Pierre Amédée Jaubert. More recently sections of the text have been translated for particular regions. Beginning in the 1970 a critical edition of the complete Arabic text was published.

1904

On the geographical work of al-Idrisi, S.P. Scott wrote in 1904:

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