Ibn al-Abbar, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah

ابن الأبار محمد بن عبد الله

1199 CE · 595 AH – 1260 CE · 658 AH

A historian, hadith scholar, linguist and poet from Valencia (Balansiya) in eastern al-Andalus, author of al-Takmila li-Kitab al-Silla.

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Roles
Historian · muhaddith · writer
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar · Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi · Ibn Abi al-Ahwas, al-Husayn ibn Abd al-Aziz · Al-Abraqawhi, Ahmad ibn Ishaq · Ibn al-Athir Diya' al-Din

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  • HistorianTradition

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People and things also explored

Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi· Ibn al-Ahmar, Isma'il ibn Yusuf· Ibn al-Athir Imad al-Din· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· Khuza'a's appeal to Medina· The killing of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf· Aban al-Lahiqi· Abbas ibn Mirdas al-Sulami

Sources

  • Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi

A scholar and writer of the Qays lineage, named after Tifash in the Maghrib.