A map is a diagram that shows a complete picture of the Earth's surface or part of it, shows the relative size and location of each place, and the use of certain graphic scales is used, thanks to the drawing of the first map of the world to Sherif Idrissi.

historical evidence indicates that the first maps of the world have been developed by Sherif Idrissi, and the date of the maps is likely to be thousands of years old, with the beginning of a series of drawings that were drawn on the cave walls, and this was manifested in both Japanese civilization and Greek civilization, Unless the concept of the map is recognized as it is now.

Sherif Idrissi was a geographical scientist and a well-known Muslim historian, his full name is Mohammed bin Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Idris, and he was nicknamed "Abe Abdallah", and his fame was "the Sheriff of Idrissi", and this venerable world was renowned for his achievements in history and geography, and he has emerged in many Different areas including literature, medicine, plant, poetry, etc.

The story of drawing the world map goes back to King Roger II of Sicily, as he issued a royal order providing funds for the Adriatic to carry out the world map Project, which is called the "demarcation Board", and has already been successfully drawn by the Idrissi, depending on the division of the Globe by the ARR lines. The height, and the map was marked with extreme precision.

The Idrissi showed great ingenuity in drawing that map as it spotted the source of the Nile River by identifying a specific point for the Nile River intersection with the equator, where it was located before entering Egyptian territory where all the tributaries of the Nile converge at Khartoum, and the Idrissi was able to draw with such extreme precision only from Way to listen to the different stories and descriptions of the country.

About the life of Sherif Al Idrissi:
Sharif Al-Idrissi was born in the city of Ceuta in the far Maghreb in 493, and was studying in the city of al-Bayaq, after which he began traveling to many different countries, such as Hijaz, Egypt and others, and he was called the Adriatic, after travelling to Sicily and being regarded as a permanent home for him. And that's when the Islamic State collapsed.

The Idrissi was known at the time as a great scientist with a wide knowledge of mathematics and engineering, so he was questioned by the Arabs, and he was very passionate about the seas and their movement, which made him interested in maritime trade movements, where his port of Ceuta was characterized by his great commercial importance, where he was passing For many merchant ships that come from all over the world.

The Adriatic died 560 in Sicily, but left behind a great legacy that people will never forget. He succeeded in charting the world, in addition to being a collection of great books, such as: The Book of Kingdoms and Pathways, Anas al-Mahroug, and tame the vulva, the collector of the characteristics of the plant, the human tame and the Soul picnic. A yearning for the horizon, which is the most famous book of the Adriatic.

First of the regional mapping:
Thanks to the stables in mapping the territories and the development of a map of the Islamic world that was far from the influences of the Greeks and their astronomical doctrines, and it was different from the Idrissi methodology in drawing the map using latitude, longitude and locations, and many Arabs followed the doctrine of the stables in a drawing For maps that are called the Atlas of Islam.