ABSTRACT
This article examines the spread of knowledge in al-Andalus by reconstructing the most important groups of masters according to the number of their disciples. In studying the period in question, in which a total of 1,631 savants—or individuals related to the intellectual life—have been registered, a group of 279 personalities stands out, with at least one disciple each. Within this group, 22 masters are notable as having had more than 10 disciples each. This group may, therefore, be considered the veritable elite among the transmitters of knowledge in al-Andalus. This article also indicates the most important masters of each generation and the relationships that existed between them, by means of the groups of disciples they had in common.
