1) Idrisi. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Idrisi, (idreīse) (KEY) or Edrisi (e-) (KEY) , b. 1099?, d. after 1154, Arab geographer, b. Ceuta. He traveled in Europe, Asia Minor, and Mediterranean lands and...
2) Edrisi. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Edrisi, see Idrisi....
3) 1910-12. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...1910-12 An anti-Ottoman revolt in Asir in Arabia was led by Muhammad al-Idrisi. The Ottomans failed to remove the rebels from their hold over the lowland areas. 1...
4) d. East Africa. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...ties to Arabia, Persia, and India. These contacts are exemplified by Arab geographer al-Idrisi's description of the known world (1154), which divided the Swahili...
5) Tallinn. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...educational and cultural institutions. 1Tallinn was first mentioned by the Arab geographer Idrisi in 1154. It was destroyed in 1219 by Waldemar II of Denmark, who...
6) Idrisids. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Idrisids, (idīrisidzī) (KEY) , two historic Muslim families. 1 An Arab Shiite dynasty of Morocco (788-974), founded by Idris I, a descendant of caliph Ali. It was...
7) map. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...while European cartographers produced artistic, idealized maps, Arabic mapmakers, notably Idrisi (12th cent.), carried on the work of Ptolemy, and the Chinese produced...
8) geography. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...maintained and enhanced by the Arabs during the Middle Ages. Arab geographers, among whom Idrisi, Ibn Battutah, and Ibn Khaldun are prominent, traveled extensively...
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