Al-Qurtubi (surname)
Appearance
The Arabic nisbah (attributive title) Al-Qurtubi (Arabic: القرطبي) denotes an origin from Córdoba, Spain.
Al-Qurtubi was a famous mufassir, muhaddith and maliki faqih scholar from Cordoba. He is most famous for his commentary of the Quran, Tafsir al-Qurtubi.
Al-Qurtubi may also refer to:
- Ibn Abi al-Shukr: 13th-cetnruy astronomer, astrologer and mathematician of the Islamic Golden Age.
- Ibn Hayyan: 11th-century Muslim historian.
- Muhammad al-Idrisi: 12th-century Muslim geographer, cartographer, Egyptologist and traveller who lived in Sicily.