Muhammad ibn Yūsuf al-Warrāq (Arabic: محمد بن يوسف الورّاق) (* 904 in Guadalajara; † 973 or 974 in Córdoba) (in present-day Spain) was an Andalusían historian and geographer.[1]
Muhammad ibn Yūsuf al-Warrāq | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | 904 |
| Died | 973 or 974 |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Caliphate of Córdoba |
| Region | Al-Andalus |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic history, geography |
Life
editHe spent many years in Kairouan and returned to Cordoba during the reign of Caliph al-Hakam II.
Works
editAl-Warrāq wrote for al-Hakam II a series of historical and geographical works on North Africa, none of which have survived whole, although many fragments of his extensive production are preserved in al-Bakri's Book of Roads and Kingdoms from one century later.[2] From the extracts transcribed in al-Bakri's work relying on al-Warrāq, one can conclude that the latter was the first to mix geography and history. Any geographical subject is accompanied by its historical context and a detailed description.[3] Ibn Hazm mentioned that his roots lay in the Berber tribal confederation of the Zenata.[4]
Notes
edit- ^ About the geographer Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Warraq
- ^ Corpus of early Arabic sources for West African history By J. F. P. Hopkins, Nehemia Levtzion; p. 62.
- ^ Science and Scholarship in al-Andalus
- ^ Corradini, Richard; Diesenberger, Maximilian; Reimitz, Helmut, eds. (2003). The Construction of Communities in the Early Middle Ages: Texts, Resources and Artefacts. Koninklijke Brill NV. ISBN 900-4-118-624.
This was stated by Yusuf al-Warraq and he is [from the tribe of] Zenata.