Stock Photo - Arabic Map of the Mediterranean, inverted North & South, Weltkarte des Idrisi vom Jahr 1154 Charta Rogeriana, Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al_Idrisi al_Qurtubi al_Hasani al_Sabti or simply Al Idrisi 1099–1165 was an Islamic geographer, cartographer, Egyptologist and traveler who lived in Sicily, at the court of King Roger II. Muhammad al_Idrisi was born in the Spanish city of Ceuta Sabtah then belonging to the Almoravid Empire and died in Sicily. Al Idrisi was a descendent of the Idrisi rulers of Morocco, who in turn were descendants of Hasan bin Ali, the son of Ali and the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.