Al-Zuhri


Mohammed Ibn Abi Bakr al-Zuhri of Granada was a geographer. He was the writer of a notable work, Kitab al-Jaghrafiyya. Al-Zuhri was able to use the writings of the geographers of the reign of Caliph Al-Ma'mun of Baghdad. He belonged to the Arab tribe of Banu Zuhrah. Al-Zuhri died between 1154 and 1161.