محمد بن جزي الكلبي
محمد بن جزي الكلبي
The Granadan chancery writer who served Abu Yusuf then Abu Inan — and it was his pen that set down and ordered Ibn Battuta's travelogue; the Nafh preserves his improvised lam-verse reconciling the scribes' and sword-men's similes 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- writer
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Abi al-Qasim ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi, an Andalusian secretary of Granadan origin. He wrote for the sultan Abu Inan of Morocco after he had written for the sultan Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf. 2
Ibn Battuta's journey
Al-Maqqari says that he was the one who wrote and arranged the journey of Ibn Battuta. 2
An example of his elegance
Al-Maqqari relates that the scribes and the notables disputed how to describe the down on a youth's cheek. Each side said it resembled only what suited its own craft. Ibn Juzayy combined both views in a single letter, the lam. 2
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 173
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.173
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islam.museum contributors. “محمد بن جزي الكلبي”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-juzayy-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.