Al-Zuhri
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For the hadith scholar Al-Zuhri see Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri
Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri
For the geographer from Al-Andalus see Mohammed Ibn Abu Bakr al-ZuhriMuhammad ibn Muslim ibn Ubaydullah ibn Shihab al-Zuhri , usually called simply Ibn Shihab or al-Zuhri...

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Mohammed Ibn Abu Bakr al-Zuhri of Granada
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 1130s-50s) was a geographer. He was the writer of a notable work, Kitab al-Jaghrafiyya (Book of Geography). Al-Zuhri was able to use the writings of the geographers of the reign of Caliph Al-Ma'mun
Al-Ma'mun
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 of Baghdad
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(d. 456/1068) Al-Zuhri died between 1154 and 1161.

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