Muhammad ibn Umar al-Tunisi

محمد بن عمر التونسي

1790 CE · 1204 AH – 1857 CE · 1274 AH

A Tunisian traveller and scholar whose family was spread between Egypt and the Maghrib.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
traveler · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Colonial Era
Region
Maghreb
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Life in time

17251750177518001825185018751900 c. c.
The Colonial Era · The Gunpowder Empires Contemporaries: Al-Bajuri, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad · Safa' al-Din Isa al-Bandanijy · Sidi ibn al-Mukhtar al-Abyiri · Bayram, Muhammad ibn Muhammad · Abd al-Ghaffar al-Akhras

TravelHistory-writing and social thought

Place in the story

  • Traveller and observerTradition

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People and things also explored

Ibn Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah· Abd al-Rahman Badawi· Abd al-Razzaq al-Bitar· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Abu al-Khayr al-Armuni· Ahmad ibn Mustafa ibn al-Khawja· Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi· Al-Akwa', Muhammad ibn Ali

Sources

  • Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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People

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Related

Ibn Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah

A Moroccan traveller from Tangier who visited many lands of the Islamic world and wrote his famous travelogue.