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- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Maghreb
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Overview
As chief of the chancellery at Tunis, Ibn al-Abbar was ordered to leave a blank in official documents where the sahib al-'alama filled in the authentication; he did not carry out the instruction, was dismissed and put under arrest in his own house — then pardoned and reinstated in office 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Ibn al-Abbar
- Occurred at
- Tunis
People and things also explored
Ibn al-Abbar finishes al-Takmila li-Kitab al-Sila at Tunis, ~650/1252· Ibn al-Abbar's embassy to the sultan of Ifriqiya for beleaguered Valencia, 635/1238· The killing of Ibn al-Abbar at Tunis, 20 Muharram 658/6 January 1260· Ibn al-Abbar leaves fallen Valencia and settles at Tunis as head of the chancellery, 636/1238· Ibn al-Abbar· Tunis· al-Zaytuna Mosque· Khayr al-Din takes Tunis (1534)
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 705
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The 'alama affair: Ibn al-Abbar dismissed, confined, then pardoned at Tunis, ~645/1247”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ibn-al-abbar-alama-affair-645/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.