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ابن زبادة

ابن زبادة

c. November 1198 CE · Dhu al-Hijja 594 AH

Qiwam al-Din Ibn Zubada Yahya b. Sa'id, of Wasit then Baghdad; master of the diwan al-insha' and end of the line in the chancery art, with knowledge of fiqh, usul, kalam, grammar and verse; he studied under Ibn al-Jawaliqi, transmitted from Ibn al-Sabbagh and the qadi al-Arjani, held the nazr of Wasit then the chief hajaba; he died in Dhu al-Hijja 594 1.

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Roles
Scholar · katib
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abdallah al-Yunini

Summary

Qawam al-Din Ibn Zubada, Yahya ibn Sa'id ibn Hibatallah of Wasit then Baghdad; head of the chancery at Baghdad and the last word in the epistolary craft, with knowledge of fiqh, usul, kalam, grammar and poetry; he took from Ibn al-Jawaliqi and transmitted from 'Ali ibn al-Sabbagh and the qadi al-Arjani; he held the oversight of Wasit, then the grand chamberlainship and other posts; he died in Dhu'l-Hijja 594. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 798
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