Al-Udri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Al-Udri

Andalusian historian (1003-1085)

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1003

Place of Birth: Dalías, Andalusia, Spain

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: historian

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Al-Udri or Al-Udhri (in full Abu al-abbas Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Anas ibn Dilhat ibn Abu al-Jiyar Anas ibn Faladan ibn Imran ibn Munayb ibn Zugayba ibn Qutba al-Udri, Arabic: ???? ?? ??? ?? ??? ?? ????? ?? ??? ?? ????? ?? ??? ?? ???? ???????, 1003–1085), was a Muwallad geographer and historian of Al-Andalus. Born in Almería in 1003, Al-Udri journeyed to Mecca as a young boy.
During his ten-year stay, he studied with Abu Dhar al-Harawi.
Upon his return to al-Andalus he was apprenticed to Abu Umar Ibn 'Abd al-Barr and later Ibn Hazm.
He lived in Zaragoza and was the author of a geographical-historical compendium about the Taifa of Zaragoza in al-Andalus, in which he gives the annals of the region.
He is also the author of the family histories of the Banu Qasi, Banu Sabrit, and Banu Tujibi, which are now lost, but were cited by al-Maqqari.
He is best known for the Tarsi al-akhbar (Nizam al-murdjan), a history of the civil wars and rebellions on the Upper March and the civil war in the Taifa of Almería.