Ibn al-Abbar acts as secretary to the Mu'minid governors of Valencia, ~630/1233

ابن الأبار كاتبًا في ديوان ولاة بلنسية المؤمنيين، نحو ٦٣٠هـ

c. 1233 CE · c. 630 AH

Valencia

After several journeys in the Peninsula fi talab al-'ilm, Ibn al-Abbar acted as secretary to the Mu'minid (Ibn Mardanish's) governors of Valencia in the last years of local Quda'i rule, before their government fell with the city in 636/1238 1.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe

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1220123012401250 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Valencia

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Overview

After several journeys in the Peninsula fi talab al-'ilm, Ibn al-Abbar acted as secretary to the Mu'minid (Ibn Mardanish's) governors of Valencia in the last years of local Quda'i rule, before their government fell with the city in 636/1238 1.

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Had participant
Ibn al-Abbar
Occurred at
Valencia
During the reign of
al-Rashid ibn al-Ma'mun al-Muwahhidi

People and things also explored

The fall of Valencia to the enemy· Ibn al-Abbar's embassy to the sultan of Ifriqiya for beleaguered Valencia, 635/1238· Ibn al-Abbar leaves fallen Valencia and settles at Tunis as head of the chancellery, 636/1238· Ibn al-Abbar becomes the disciple of Abu al-Rabi' ibn Salim at Valencia, ~615/1218· Ibn al-Abbar· Valencia· Al-Qurtubi leaves al-Andalus for the East· Foundations of the Alhambra

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 705
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The fall of Valencia to the enemy

Valencia fell by treaty on 17 Safar 636 after Ibn al-Abbar's plea-qasida to the Hafsid sultan moved him to ship money and supplies; its people surrendered on terms preserving their persons in 637.