İDRÎSÎ, Şerîf — TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (Ramazan Şeşen)

الشريف الإدريسي — موسوعة TDV الإسلامية (رمضان ششن)

The TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi entry on al-Sharif al-Idrisi: his lineage, birth at Ceuta in 493 AH, study at Córdoba and settling at Palermo in the service of Roger II; his Nuzhat al-mushtaq, finished in Shawwal 548 (January 1154), arranged in seven climes of ten sections each with a map at the head of every section; his sources among the Muslim geographers and Ptolemy; its editions and translations, Konrad Miller's redrawing of its maps, its abridgements and his other books.