Muhammad ibn Yà «suf al-WarrÃÂq () (* 904 in Guadalajara; â 973 or 974 in Córdoba) (in present-day Spain) was an AndalusÃÂan historian and geographer.
He spent many years in Kairouan and returned to Cordoba during the reign of Caliph al-Hakam II.
Al-WarrÃÂq wrote for al-Hakam II a series of historical and geographical works on North Africa, none of which have survived whole, although many fragments of his extensive production are preserved in al-Bakri's Book of Roads and Kingdoms from one century later. From the extracts transcribed in al-Bakri's work relying on al-WarrÃÂq, one can conclude that the latter was the first to mix geography and history. Any geographical subject is accompanied by its historical context and a detailed description. Ibn Hazm mentioned that his roots lay in the Berber tribal confederation of the Zenata.