Al-Bakri

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Andalusian Arab book geographer historian person writer

Al-Bakri was an 11th-century Andalusian Arab geographer and historian whose writings provide one of the most important early descriptions of West African states such as the Ghana Empire.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Al-Bakri canonical 3
al-Bakri 3
Abu ʿUbayd al-Bakri 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Andalusian ⓘ
Arab ⓘ
book ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
person ⓘ
writer ⓘ
author Al-Bakri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
birthDate c. 1014 ⓘ
century 11th century ⓘ
culture Andalusian ⓘ
deathDate 1094 ⓘ
described Ghana Empire ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
North African regions ⓘ
West African states ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Arab
fieldOfWork geography ⓘ
historiography of al-Andalus ⓘ
history ⓘ
fullName Al-Bakri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abu ʿUbayd al-Bakri
genre geographical work ⓘ
givenName Abu ⓘ
influenced later Islamic geographers ⓘ
modern historians of West Africa ⓘ
knownFor description of the Ghana Empire ⓘ
description of trans-Saharan trade routes ⓘ
early descriptions of West African states ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
nationality Andalusian ⓘ
Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Arab
notableWork Kitab al-Masalik wa-l-Mamalik ⓘ
occupation geographer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Huelva ⓘ
placeOfDeath Córdoba ⓘ
region Al-Andalus ⓘ
surface form: al-Andalus
religion Islam ⓘ
residence Córdoba ⓘ
sourceFor history of Ghana Empire ⓘ
history of al-Andalus ⓘ
medieval West African history ⓘ
work Kitab al-Masalik wa-l-Mamalik ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ghana Empire → knownFromSource → Al-Bakri ⓘ
Wagadou → mentionedBy → Al-Bakri ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Bakri
Takrur → mentionedBy → Al-Bakri ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Bakri
Al-Bakri → fullName → Al-Bakri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu ʿUbayd al-Bakri
Al-Bakri → author → Al-Bakri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Kitab al-Masalik wa-l-Mamalik
Koumbi Saleh → describedBy → Al-Bakri ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Bakri
Tekrur → historicalSource → Al-Bakri ⓘ