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  "ar": "لسان الدين ابن الخطيب"
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  "ar": "لسان الدين ابن الخطيب، وزير ابن الأحمر صاحب الأندلس وكاتبه؛ نزل غرناطة فاستعمله السلطان أبو الحجاج في الخطابة بجامعه بالحمراء، ثم استدعاه السلطان أبو عنان المريني سنة 754هـ فنظمه في أكابر أهل مجلسه وبعثه إلى تونس عام ملكها 758هـ ليخطب له ابنة السلطان، واعتقله بقسنطينة فأطلق بين يدي مهلكه، واستقر بعدها بوزارة غرناطة؛ وفد على سلطان بني مرين بتلمسان نازعاً إليه عن سلطانه ابن الأحمر فأكرم مثواه، ثم أجاز إلى المشرق فنفقت بضائعه بالقاهرة مرشحاً لقضاء المالكية ملازماً للتدريس إلى أن هلك سنة 781هـ؛ ولما نكبته الدولة بعث إلى ابن خلدون من محبسه مستصرخاً به فخاطب في شأنه أهل الدولة فلم تنجح سعايته وقتل ابن الخطيب بمحبسه {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p. 2012-2016, 2054-2055}.، وعند المقري وحكم على الزجال ابن قزمان بأنه آية الطريقة الزجلية المعجزة وحجتها البالغة وفارسها المعلم والمبتدئ فيها والمتمم {cite:nafh-tib-maqqari p. 28}",
  "en": "Lisan al-Din Ibn al-Khatib, vizier and writer of Granada's Ibn al-Ahmar; he preached at the Alhambra congregational mosque under Abu al-Hajjaj, was summoned by Sultan Abu Inan in 754 AH and sent to Tunis in 758 to ask for the sultan's daughter, imprisoned at Constantine and freed before Abu Inan's death, then held Granada's vizierate; after his falls he reached Cairo where his wares sold — candidate for the Maliki bench, bound to teaching — dying in 781 AH; from his cell he appealed to Ibn Khaldun, whose intercession failed, and he was killed in prison {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p. 2012-2016, 2054-2055}."
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  "period/mongol-post-mongol"
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "كتاب العبر لابن خلدون (ط بيت الأفكار الدولية، إخراج أبي صهيب الكرمي)",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
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  "sources": [
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   "source/tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar",
   "source/kashf-zunun-furqan"
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "لسان الدين ابن الخطيب وزير ابن الأحمر صاحب الأندلس وكاتبه. نزل [[place/granada|غرناطة]] فاستعمله السلطان أبو الحجاج في الخطابة بجامعه في الحمراء. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p. 2012-2016}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مساره",
     "markdown": "يذكر ابن خلدون أن السلطان أبا عنان المريني استدعاه سنة 754هـ وبعثه إلى تونس عام 758هـ ليخطب له ابنة السلطان. ثم اعتُقل بقسنطينة وأُطلق قبيل موت السلطان، واستقر بعد ذلك في وزارة غرناطة. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p. 2012-2016}\n\nثم وفد على سلطان بني مرين بتلمسان فأكرمه، وأجاز إلى المشرق، وأقام بالقاهرة مرشحاً لقضاء المالكية ملازماً للتدريس حتى هلك سنة 781هـ. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p. 2012-2016}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "آخر أيامه",
     "markdown": "حين نكبته الدولة بعث إلى ابن خلدون من محبسه يستنجد به، فخاطب ابن خلدون أهل الدولة في شأنه فلم تنجح مساعيه، وقُتل ابن الخطيب في محبسه. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p. 2054-2055}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مؤلفاته",
     "markdown": "نُسب إليه كتاب [[work/al-ihata-fi-tarikh-gharnata|الإحاطة في تاريخ غرناطة]] بحسب كشف الظنون. {cite:kashf-zunun-furqan}"
    }
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   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/ibn-al-khatib",
    "lang": "ar",
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Lisan al-Din Ibn al-Khatib, vizier and secretary to Ibn al-Ahmar, ruler of al-Andalus. He settled in [[place/granada|Granada]], where the sultan Abu al-Hajjaj appointed him to preach at the mosque of the Alhambra. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p. 2012-2016}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "His career",
     "markdown": "Ibn Khaldun says that the Marinid sultan Abu Inan summoned him in 754 AH and sent him to Tunis in 758 AH to ask for the sultan's daughter on his behalf. He was then imprisoned in Constantine and released shortly before the death of the sultan, after which he settled in the vizierate of Granada. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p. 2012-2016}\n\nHe then went to the Marinid sultan at Tlemcen, who treated him generously, and he crossed over to the East. He stayed in Cairo as a candidate for the judgeship of the Malikis and kept teaching until he died in 781 AH. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p. 2012-2016}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "His last days",
     "markdown": "When the state turned against him, he sent a call for help to Ibn Khaldun from his prison. Ibn Khaldun spoke to the people of the state on his behalf, but his efforts did not succeed, and Ibn al-Khatib was killed in his prison. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p. 2054-2055}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Works",
     "markdown": "The book [[work/al-ihata-fi-tarikh-gharnata|al-Ihata fi Tarikh Gharnata]] (The Comprehensive Account of the History of Granada) is attributed to him according to *Kashf al-Zunun*. {cite:kashf-zunun-furqan}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/ibn-al-khatib",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
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