Nuzhat al-Mushtaq completed, 549 AH

اكتمال «نزهة المشتاق» سنة ٥٤٩هـ

1154 CE · 549 AH – 1154 CE · 549 AH

Palermo

Al-Idrisi completed for Roger II the Nuzhat al-Mushtaq geography in 549/1154 with the celebrated planisphere known as the Tabula Rogeriana 1.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Palermo

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Had participant
Al-Idrisi, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah
Occurred at
Palermo

People and things also explored

Al-Idrisi at Roger II's court, Palermo· Ibn Jubayr shipwrecked to Sicily· Ceuta· Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq· Al-Idrisi, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah· Palermo

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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Al-Idrisi at Roger II's court, Palermo

The Norman king Roger II hosted al-Idrisi at Palermo in Sicily about 1138, commissioning a survey of the earth's knowledge and a silver celestial sphere.