At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
- Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
Al-Qurtubi settled at Munyat Bani Khusayb in Upper Egypt, became its resident and laboured there on his great Qur'an commentary, filling it with every rarity 1. The Encyclopaedia of Islam confirms he settled at Munyat Abi l-Khusayb, where he died and was buried 2; the village stood prosperous on the Nile's east bank 3.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Qurtubi
- Occurred at
- Munyat Ibn al-Khasib
People and things also explored
Al-Qurtubi composes al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'an and his other books, c. 670/1272· al-Qurtubi· Munyat Ibn al-Khasib· Al-Qurtubi leaves al-Andalus for the East· Al-Qurtubi hears part of al-Mufhim from its author at Alexandria, 656/1258· Cordoba
Sources
- Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Dar al-Risala al-Alamiyya edition) , 17/97
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 5 p. 550
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 124
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Qurtubi settles at Munyat Bani Khusayb in Upper Egypt, c. 660/1262”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/al-qurtubi-settles-munya-660/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.