At a glance
- Roles
- traveler · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Colonial Era
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
TravelHistory-writing and social thought
Place in the story
- Traveller and observerTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Sulayman al-Tunisi, a Tunisian traveller and scholar. His lineage is of a family scattered between Egypt and the Maghrib. The encyclopaedia says that he was born around 1790 CE (1204 AH) and died around 1857 CE (1274 AH). 1
The two dates come from the encyclopaedia alone, and need an additional source.
People and things also explored
Ibn Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah· Disputing the count of raids and sariyas· Orientalism· Stopping the genealogy at Ma'add· Ibn Khaldun completes the Muqaddima· Abd al-Jabbar al-Jumurd· Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti· Abd al-Rahman Badawi
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Muhammad ibn Umar al-Tunisi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-ibn-umar-al-tunisi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.