Early Life
Al-Idrisi traced his descent to the Hammudid family of North Africa, and through them to the Idrisids of Morocco and ultimately the prophet Muhammad.
Al-Idrisi was born in the Almoravid city of Ceuta, where his great-grandfather had fled after the fall of Málaga in Al-Andalus. He spent much of his early life travelling through North Africa, and Spain and seems to have acquired detailed information on both regions. He visited Anatolia when he was barely 16. He is known to have studied in Córdoba
Apparently his travels took him to many parts of Europe including Portugal, the Pyrenees, the French Atlantic coast, Hungary, and Jórvík also known as York, in England.
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