At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
Ibn al-Abbar returned to Valencia but left it a few days after it was captured by James I on 17 Safar 636 (28 September 1238); he stopped at Bougie before going on to Tunis, where Abu Zakariyya' received him favourably and appointed him chief of his chancellery 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Ibn al-Abbar· Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi
- Occurred at
- Tunis
People and things also explored
Ibn al-Abbar's embassy to the sultan of Ifriqiya for beleaguered Valencia, 635/1238· Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi's break with the Almohads· The 'alama affair: Ibn al-Abbar dismissed, confined, then pardoned at Tunis, ~645/1247· Ibn al-Abbar finishes al-Takmila li-Kitab al-Sila at Tunis, ~650/1252· The killing of Ibn al-Abbar at Tunis, 20 Muharram 658/6 January 1260· Ibn al-Abbar· Tunis· al-Zaytuna Mosque
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 705
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn al-Abbar leaves fallen Valencia and settles at Tunis as head of the chancellery, 636/1238”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ibn-al-abbar-settles-tunis-636/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.