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Al-Bakri

1014 - 1094

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Abū ʿUbayd ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Muḥammad ibn Ayyūb ibn ʿAmr al-Bakrī (Arabic: أبو عبيد عبد الله بن عبد العزيز بن محمد بن أيوب بن عمرو البكري), or simply al-Bakrī (c. 1040–1094) was an Arab Andalusian historian and a geographer of the Muslim West. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Bakri is the 21st most popular geographer (up from 23rd in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 353rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Geographer.

Al-Bakri is most famous for his book "The Book of Routes and Kingdoms" in which he describes the world's geography.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Al-Bakri ranks 21 out of 86. Before him are Ya'qubi, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Ibn Khordadbeh, Pomponius Mela, Paul Vidal de La Blache, and Ibn Jubayr. After him are William Morris Davis, Élisée Reclus, Fra Mauro, James Lovelock, Zakariya al-Qazwini, and Sebastian Münster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1014, Al-Bakri ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 1094, Al-Bakri ranks 3. Before him are Sancho Ramírez, and Mahmud I of Great Seljuq. After him are Al-Mustansir Billah, Al-Muqtadi, Duncan II of Scotland, Seonjong of Goryeo, Aq Sunqur al-Hajib, Badr al-Jamali, and William IV, Count of Toulouse.

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    Al-Bakri

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    1014 - 1094

    HPI: 68.19

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Al-Bakri ranks 322 out of 3,355. Before him are Sergio Ramos (1986), Wittiza (687), Carles Puigdemont (1962), Charles II, Duke of Parma (1799), Eleanor of Castile (1241), and Al-Hakam I (770). After him are Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927), Ramiro I of Aragon (1008), Benjamin of Tudela (1130), Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908), Ordoño II of León (873), and César Manrique (1919).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Spain

Among geographers born in Spain, Al-Bakri ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), Pomponius Mela (15), and Ibn Jubayr (1145). After him are Abraham Cresques (1325), and Jehuda Cresques (1350).

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