Ibn al-Ahmar, Isma'il ibn Yusuf
ابن الأحمر إسماعيل بن يوسف
c. 1324 CE · c. 724 AH† – 1404 CE · 807 AH †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
An Andalusian man of letters and historian of the Nasrid family in Granada. After leaving Granada with his father he lived in Bougie and then Fez.
At a glance
- Roles
- Historian · Poet · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Life in time
History-writing and social thoughtLiterature
Place in the story
- HistorianTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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