Ibn al-Habbar
ابن الحبّر
March 1279 CE · 1 Dhu al-Qa'da 677 AH
Yahya ibn Abd al-Malik al-Ghafiqi, Abu al-Hasan, called Ibn al-Habbar, an Andalusi of Murcia who came with the refugee community; skilled only in penmanship, he rose from Ibn Abi al-Husayn's service to the diwan and then to al-Wathiq's seal, dominated state and sultan, tortured Ibn Abi al-Husayn to death in Dhu al-Hijja 676 over a hoard of six hundred thousand dinars dug from his house, and was cut down by the assembly at the sultan's gate on 1 Dhu al-Qa'da 677, his head thrown to the mob.
At a glance
- Roles
- Vizier
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Maghreb · al-Andalus & Europe
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Life in time
Overview
Yahya ibn Abd al-Malik al-Ghafiqi, Abu al-Hasan, known as Ibn al-Habbar, an Andalusian from the districts of Murcia who came over with the community of exiles. Ibn Khaldun in al-Ibar says that he wrote well. He rose from service to Ibn Abi al-Husayn to the office of the diwan, and then to writing the mark of al-Wathiq. 1
Ibn Khaldun says that he took control of the state and the rule, that Ibn Abi al-Husayn died in agony in Dhu al-Hijja 676 AH, and that about six hundred thousand dinars were dug up from beneath his house. 1
According to the same account, the notables killed him on the first of Dhu al-Qa'da 677 AH, in his seat at the sultan's gate. The Gregorian equivalent (1279 CE) is calculated and is not stated in the source. 1
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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