Al-Udri

Al-Udri or el Odsrí in Spanish (1003–1085), was the descendant of Theodor (a Visigoth). Al-Udri was an Andalusian Muwallad geographer and historian. He lived in Zaragoza. He 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.

Works

• "Tarsi al-akhbar", about the civil war in the Taifa of Almería in 1014
• Biography of the qadi Muhammad b. Furtis
• "Books of the characteristics of prophecy", about theology and law, now lost
• "The thread of pearls around the paths and the kingdoms", as Yaqut calls it, about geography

Bibliography

• Al-Udri: El palacio de Almotacín en Almería, Islam y Al-Ándalus.
• Al-Udri: Tarsi ‘al-ajbar, de. ‘Abd al-’Aziz al-Ahwani, Madrid, IEEI; partial trans., E. Molina López, La cora de Tudmir según al-Udri Cuadernos de Historia del Islam, 4 (1972), 7-113.
• Al-Udri: Tarsi al-ajbar wa-tanwi al-atar wa-l-bustanEd. de Fernando de La Granja: a marca superior en la obra de Al-Udri en Estudios de la Edad Media de la Corona de Aragón, VIII (1967), 457-461.
• Artículo sobre Al-Udri en la Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa (GER) en línea.
• Granja, F. de la: La Marca Superior en la obra de al-Udri; Estudios de Edad Media de la Corona de Aragón, 1966.
• MOLINA, Luis de. “Las dos versiones de la geografía de Al-Udri”, en Al-Qantara, vol. 3, 1982, pp. 249-260
• TAPIA GARRIDO, José Ángel. “Almería hombre a hombre”, 329 págs., Ed. Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Almería, Almería, 1979, Dep. Legal AL-253-1979, ISBN 84-500-3468-X, pp. 25-26

See also

List of Muslim historians