Friday, May 26, 2017

Notes on the Moors

In 711, the Moorish general Tariq-Al-Din invaded Spain, and conquered it

in 720, Tariq-Al-Din passed; this was an oppurtunity for the Spanish to revolt

The Moors translated Archimedes and Euclid in to latin and Arabic.

The Moors were good farmers; and brought several crops to Spain. The Balearic islands were used as an agricultural outpost.

For more on the Moors, check out blog entry: Top ten Moorish and Andalusian scholars

Some Moors were notable scholars.

Al-Marrakushi- Morroccon historian, scholar, historian, judge and biographer who wrote a collection of biographies of notable people from Morrocco and Andalusia.


Ibn Hayyan- A notable Andalusian historian. I'm not sure how many of his works have been lost.

Ibn Abd Rabbih- Wrote an anthology titled "The Unique Necklace".

Ibn Maḍāʾ- Andalusian Linguist





Ibn Idhari- was a 14th century historian from Morrocco who wrote about the Maghreb and Iberia.


Ibn al-Khatib- Was a historian from Grenada and Morrocco (though perhaps of Arab extraction).


Said al-Andalusi- historian who wrote a book called "history of science".


Al-Humaydi- Left Andalusia for Baghdad, and wrote Jadh'watu-i-muktabis (The Sparkle of Fire).


Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji- Some astrnomer and Qadi (judge or magister) from Morrocco and Andalusia.



In modern day Morrocco, there is

Mahdi Elmandjra in economics, futurism and sociology.

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