Ibn al-Baghil Abu Jafar Ahmad ibn Qasim

ابن البغيل أبو جعفر أحمد بن قاسم

1349 CE · 750 AH

Jurist, lexicographer and historian from Almeria in al-Andalus, of Murcian origin; died 750 AH (1349 CE).

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Roles
Jurist · Historian
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd Allah ibn Miqdad al-Aqfahsi · Ahmadi Taj al-Din Ibrahim ibn Khidr · Al-Abbi, Muhammad ibn Khalfa · al-Abili, Abu Abd Allah · Al-Barzali, Abu al-Qasim ibn Ahmad

LinguisticsHistory-writing and social thought

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  • JuristTradition
  • ScholarTradition

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Qasim ibn Abdallah ibn Ibrahim al-Makhuwlani al-Judhami, known as Ibn al-Baghil. A jurist, philologist and historian from Almería in al-Andalus, whose origin was in Murcia. He died in 750 AH (1349 CE). 1

People and things also explored

Ahmad Abd al-Sattar al-Jawari· Al-Akwa', Muhammad ibn Ali· Nashwan al-Himyari· Disputing the count of raids and sariyas· Stopping the genealogy at Ma'add· Abd al-Jabbar al-Jumurd· Abd al-Qadir al-Baghdadi· Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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