Yusuf al-Warraq

Muhammad ibn Yūsuf al-Warrāq (Arabic: محمد بن يوسف الورّاق‎) (* 904 in Guadalajara; † 973 or 974 in Córdoba) (in present day Spain) was an Andalusían historian and geographer.[1]

Muhammad ibn Yūsuf al-Warrāq
Personal
Born904
Guadalajara
Died973 or 974
Córdoba
ReligionIslam
EraCaliphate of Córdoba
RegionAl-Andalus
Main interest(s)Islamic history, geography

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, although many fragments of his extensive production are preserved in al-Bakri’s, Book of Roads and Kingdoms one century later.[2] From the extracts transcribed in al-Bakri’s work relying on al-Warraq 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.[3]

Notes
  1. About the geographer Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Warraq
  2. Corpus of early Arabic sources for West African history By J. F. P. Hopkins, Nehemia Levtzion; p. 62.
  3. Science and Scholarship in al-Andalus
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