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Islamic Civilisation and Human Progress
Idrisi: A Scholar at the Court of Palermo
Quoted from S.P. Scott: History of the Moorish Empire in Europe; 3 vols; J.B. Lippincott Company, 1904. pp 461-2:
The reputation of all mediaeval geographers, however distinguished, was obscured by the fame of the great Edrisi. A native of Malaga, of royal blood, and a lineal descendant of Mohammed, he united to pride of birth and the advantages of fortune all the learning and all the accomplishments to be acquired in an enlightened age. His relationship to the Prophet invested him with a dignity and an importance second to none, in the sight of every devout Mussulman. His education at Cordoba was the best that the ancient capital of the khalifs, still the intellectual centre of the world, could afford. His mind, improved by travel, was familiar with many countries whose physical features he afterwards depicted with such ability. . . .
FULL ARTICLE:
http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=6&TaxonomySubTypeID=43&TaxonomyThirdLevelID=163&ArticleID=297
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