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- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Maghreb
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Summary
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. Isma'il al-Adidabi was a philologist and calligrapher of the Luwata Berbers. He lived in the second half of the 5th/11th century and died in Tripoli, where his tomb is still venerated.
Encyclopaedia of Islam account
The Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.), signed H. H. Abdul-Wahab, describes him as Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. Isma'il b. Ahmad al-Luwari, the author of various works on philology, especially a lexicographical work. Al-Tidjani possessed several of them in autograph copies, since al-Adidabi was famous for his calligraphy. He lived in the second half of the 5th/11th century in Tripoli, where he also died, and his tomb is still venerated there. 1
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 226
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. Isma'il al-Adidabi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-ishaq-al-adidabi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.