Piri Reis, Ahmad ibn Muhyi al-Din
بيري رئيس أحمد بن محيي الدين
1552 CE · 958 AH
A navigation scholar and admiral of the Egyptian and Ottoman fleets, and a pioneer of nautical cartography.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- geographer · Scientist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- Traveller and observerTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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People and things also explored
Al-Bakri, Abu Ubayd Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz· Al-Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Al-Idrisi, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah· Al-Istakhri, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Piri Reis, Ahmad ibn Muhyi al-Din”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/pir-reis-ahmad-ibn-muhyi-al-din/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.