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  "ar": "الإدريسي محمد بن عبد الله",
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  "ar": "جغرافي صنّف لرجار الثاني ملك صقلية كتاب «نزهة المشتاق في اختراق الآفاق»، وأتمّه في شوال سنة 548هـ.",
  "en": "A geographer who wrote Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq for Roger II, king of Sicily, and completed it in Shawwal 548 AH."
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    "value": "أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله بن إدريس"
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   "scientist"
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   "review": "published",
   "completeness": 3,
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5; the prose rests on the Nuzhat al-Mushtaq 2002 scan pp. 4, 7, 588 in the local workspace. The birth and death years (status tradition) come from Mawsu'at A'lam pp. 408-410, which is not in the local workspace and was not re-checked in this pass"
  },
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "نزهة المشتاق (طبعة القاهرة 2002) ص 4، 7، 588؛ موسوعة أعلام العلماء والأدباء (أليكسو/دار الجيل 2004) ج1 ص408-410 لتاريخي الميلاد والوفاة",
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), showcase-prose lane",
   "model": "claude-haiku-5-5",
   "run": "showcase-prose-phase1-batch1"
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله بن إدريس، المعروف بالإدريسي، جغرافي صنّف لملك صقلية رجار الثاني كتاب [[work/nuzhat-al-mushtaq|«نزهة المشتاق في اختراق الآفاق»]]. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.4}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الكتاب والملك",
     "markdown": "يبدأ الإدريسي كتابه بالثناء على الملك المعظم رجار المعتز بالله، «ملك صقلية وإيطالية وانكبردة وقلورية»، ويقول إنه افتتح البلاد شرقاً وغرباً. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.4}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "تاريخ الإتمام",
     "markdown": "يذكر الإدريسي أن كتابه تمّ في العشر الأول من الشهر الموافق لشوال، في سنة ثمان وأربعين وخمسمائة من الهجرة. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.7}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "صقلية في الكتاب",
     "markdown": "بعد وصف الجزائر يقول الإدريسي إنه سيذكر جزيرة صقلية «العليا»، ويصفها بأنها «فريدة الزمان فضلاً ومحاسن». {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.588}"
    }
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    "lang": "ar",
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    "translators": []
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   "updated": "2026-10-24"
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Idris, known as al-Idrisi, was a geographer who wrote the [[work/nuzhat-al-mushtaq|\"Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq\"]] for King Roger II of Sicily. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.4}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The book and the king",
     "markdown": "Al-Idrisi opens the book by praising the great king Roger, \"the victorious by God's might\", whom he calls king of \"Sicily and Italy, Ankabarda and Calabria\". He says that the king conquered lands to east and west. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.4}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The date of completion",
     "markdown": "Al-Idrisi says that the book was finished in the first ten days of the month that corresponds to Shawwal, in the year 548 AH. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.7}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Sicily in the book",
     "markdown": "After describing the islands, al-Idrisi says that he will describe \"Upper Sicily\", which he calls \"unique in its age for excellence and virtues\". {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.588}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/al-idrisi-muhammad-ibn-abd-allah",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-24"
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  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "ابو عبداللہ محمد بن عبداللہ بن ادریس، جو الادریسی کے نام سے معروف ہیں، جغرافیہ دان تھے۔ انہوں نے صقلیہ کے بادشاہ رجار دوم کے لیے [[work/nuzhat-al-mushtaq|«نزہۃ المشتاق فی اختراق الآفاق»]] تصنیف کی۔ {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.4}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "کتاب اور بادشاہ",
     "markdown": "ادریسی کتاب کا آغاز المعظم رجار المعتز باللہ کی تعریف سے کرتے ہیں، جنہیں «صقلیہ اور اٹلی، انکبردہ اور قلوریہ کا بادشاہ» کہا گیا ہے، اور کہتے ہیں کہ انہوں نے مشرق و مغرب کے شہر فتح کیے۔ {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.4}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "تکمیل کی تاریخ",
     "markdown": "ادریسی بتاتے ہیں کہ کتاب شوال کے مطابق مہینے کے پہلے عشرے میں، سنہ 548ھ میں مکمل ہوئی۔ {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.7}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "کتاب میں صقلیہ",
     "markdown": "جزیروں کے بیان کے بعد ادریسی کہتے ہیں کہ وہ «صقلیہ العلیا» کا ذکر کریں گے، جسے وہ اپنے زمانے میں «فضیلت اور خوبیوں میں یکتا» کہتے ہیں۔ {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.588}"
    }
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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