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George Amiroutzes

جورج أميروتزس

George Amiroutzes, 'the Greek scholar' of al-Salabi's text: when Mehmed II came upon Ptolemy's Geography and its map he studied it with Amiroutzes, then charged him and his son — versed in Greek and Arabic — with translating the book into Arabic and redrawing the map with place-names verified in both tongues, rewarding both generously 1.

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Scholar
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Anatolia
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Summary

George Amiroutzes, "the Greek scholar" of al-Salabi's text, a geographer in the service of Mehmed II 1.

Translating Ptolemy

Al-Salabi records that when Mehmed came upon Ptolemy's Geography and its map, he studied it eagerly with Amiroutzes, then charged him and his son — versed in Greek and Arabic — with translating the book into Arabic and redrawing the map with place-names verified in both tongues, rewarding both generously 1.

Sources

  1. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 141-142
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islam.museum contributors. “George Amiroutzes”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/george-amiroutzes/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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