Muhammad ibn Yūsuf al-Warrāq () (* 904 in Guadalajara; † 973 or 974 in Córdoba) (in present-day Spain) was an Andalusían historian and geographer.About the geographer Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Warraq
Life He spent many years in Kairouan and returned to Cordoba during the reign of Caliph al-Hakam II.
Works Al-Warrāq wrote for al-Hakam II a series of historical and geographical works on North Africa, none of which have survived whole, although many fragments of his extensive production are preserved in al-Bakri's Book of Roads and Kingdoms from one century later.Corpus of early Arabic sources for West African history By J. F. P. Hopkins, Nehemia Levtzion; p. 62. From the extracts transcribed in al-Bakri's work relying on al-Warrāq, one can conclude that the latter was the first to mix geography and history. Any geographical subject is accompanied by its historical context and a detailed description.Science and Scholarship in al-Andalus Ibn Hazm mentioned that his roots lay in the Berber tribal confederation of the Zenata.
See also
Al-Bakri Zenata
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