Al-Zuhri

For the hadith scholar Al-Zuhri see Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri.

Mohammed Ibn Abu Bakr al-Zuhri of Granada (fl. 1130s-1150s) was a geographer. He was the writer of a notable work, Kitab al-Jaghrafiyya (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] Al-Zuhri died between 1154 and 1161.

References

  1. S. M. Imamuddin, Muslim Spain 711-1492 A.D., p. 159

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