Leo Africanus

Japanese: レオ･アフリカヌス（英語表記）Leo Africanus

After 1489 - before 1550 Moorish writer and traveler. In the 16th century, after the Catholic forces recaptured the Iberian Peninsula, he lived in three worlds: Islam, Black Africa, and Catholicism, and left behind a valuable record of his experiences. He was born in Granada as a Muslim and was named al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Wazzān al-Zayyātī. After the fall of Granada (1492), he went to Morocco for his education, and at the age of 17, he went to Songhai, a black empire that flourished at the time south of the Sahara, accompanied by his uncle. A few years later, he returned to the area and traveled as far as Egypt.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1489以後‐1550以前
ムーア人の文人，旅行家。カトリック勢力がイベリア半島を奪回した後の16世紀に，イスラム，黒人アフリカ，カトリックの三世界に生き，貴重な見聞録を残した。イスラム教徒としてグラナダに生まれ，名はハサン･ブン･ムハンマド･アルワッザーン･アッザイヤーティーal‐Ḥasan b.Muḥammad al‐Wazzān al‐Zayyātī。グラナダの陥落(1492)後，モロッコに渡って教育を受け，17歳のころ伯父に伴われてサハラの南に当時栄えていた黒人帝国ソンガイに行き，数年後再びこの地を訪れ，エジプトまで旅をした。

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