Editing Muhammad al-Idrisi (section)

==Early life==
Al-Idrisi hailed from the [[Hammudid dynasty]] of [[North Africa]] and [[Al-Andalus]], which was descended from [[Muhammad]] through the powerful [[Idrisid dynasty]].<ref name="Brotton">{{Cite web |url=https://www.factum-arte.com/resources/files/ff/publications_PDF/publication_al_idrisi_factum_foundation_daniel_crouch_2019_web.pdf |author=[[Jerry Brotton]], Daniel Crouch Rare Books and Adam Lowe |title=RE-CREATING THE LOST SILVER MAP OF AL-IDRISI – Entertainment for he who longs to travel the world |website=factumfoundation.org|access-date=2024-01-29}}</ref><ref name="Eggermont1975">{{cite book|author=Pierre Herman Leonard Eggermont|title=Alexander's Campaigns in Sind and Baluchistan and the Siege of the Brahmin Town of Harmatelia|url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=nG0_xoDS3hUC |page=7 }} |date=1 January 1975|publisher=Peeters Publishers|isbn=978-90-6186-037-2|pages=7–}}</ref> Al-Idrisi was believed to be born the city of [[Ceuta]] in 1100, at the time controlled by the [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravids]], where his great-grandfather had been forced to settle after the fall of [[Hammudid dynasty|Hammudid]] [[Taifa of Málaga|Málaga]] to the [[Zirids]] of [[Granada]].<ref name="Selin2008">{{cite book|author=Helaine Selin|title=Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures|url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=kt9DIY1g9HYC |page=128 }} |date=16 April 2008|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-4020-4559-2|pages=128–}}</ref> He spent much of his early life travelling through North Africa and Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain and Portugal of the times) and seems to have acquired detailed information on both regions. He visited [[Anatolia]] when he was barely 16. He studied in the university in [[Córdoba, Andalusia|Córdoba]].<ref name="Brotton" />
His travels took him to many parts of Europe including [[Portugal]], the [[Pyrenees]], the French Atlantic coast, [[Hungary]], and [[Jórvík]] (now known as [[York]]).{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}