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ابن باجة

ابن باجة

Fez

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Bajja of Zaragoza, a philosopher of Islam, also a fine poet and genealogist; author of many works including a collection on philosophy, medicine and the natural sciences, he died young at Fez — the Franks call him Avempace 1.

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Philosopher
Era
Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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Fez

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Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya, known as Ibn Bajja, of the Tujibi family of Zaragoza, one of the philosophers of Islam. The Europeans call him "Avempace". 1

The source says that he was a skilled poet and knew genealogies as well as philosophy, and he wrote many books on philosophy, medicine and natural science. He died young in Fez. 1

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The Malian giraffe embassy to Fez (762 AH)· The Marinid division between Fez and Marrakesh (776 AH)· Fez

Sources

  1. al-Alam — al-Zirikli, p. 868
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islam.museum contributors. “ابن باجة”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-bajja/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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The Malian giraffe embassy to Fez (762 AH)

In Safar 762 AH the embassy of Mali's king Mansa Sulayman reached Fez bearing their sultan's gift — a giraffe, that strange-formed, huge-bodied creature — in return for Sultan Abu al-Hasan's own embassy; it was a celebrated day, the sultan seated at the Tower of Gold in review while crowds climbed over one another to behold the giraffe and poets declaimed praise, the envoys greeting the sultan by tossing dust on their heads and confirming the interpreter's words by twanging their bowstrings, excusing the gift's delay by the struggle for Mali's throne after Mansa Sulayman's death.