Ibn al-Dabbagh

ابن الدباج شيخ الأندلس

1170 CE · 566 AH – c. December 1248 CE · c. Sha'ban 646 AH

Seville

Shaykh of al-Andalus in Arabic and the readings (b. 566) — pupil of Abu Bakr b. Saf and Abu Dharr b. Abi Rakb; he died in Seville within weeks of its surrender in Sha'ban 646, destroyed, the source says, by the sound of the church bell where the adhan had gone silent — one report has him die the very day it fell 1.

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Roles
Scholar · teacher
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: Ajiba bint al-Baqdari · al-Sadid b. Makki al-Dimashqi · Fakhr al-Din ibn al-Shaykh · Ibn al-Kashshab al-Baghdadi · Ibn al-Khayr al-Azji

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Seville

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    Sunni (transmitted)

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    Summary

    Ibn al-Dabbagh, shaykh of al-Andalus in Arabic and the readings; he took the readings from Abu Bakr Ibn Saf and Arabic from Abu Dharr Ibn Abi Rakkab al-Khushani, and led his contemporaries in Arabic. 1

    Death

    He died at Seville after the Rum took it, in Sha'ban — the ringing of the bell and the silencing of the adhan broke him; he kept grieving, lamenting and restless until he died — or, it was said, he died the day it fell. 1

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    The Almoravid seizure of Seville· The fall of Seville by treaty· Appearance of Majus ships in al-Andalus, 245· Majus landing at Seville, 230 AH· Abu Ali al-Shalubin· ابن زهر الحفيد· Seville

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 244
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