Ibrahim al-Ghafiqi al-Ishbili
الإشبيلي، أبو إسحاق الغافقي، إبراهيم بن أحمد
1344 CE · 745 AH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
A Qur'an reader and grammarian from Seville who memorized the Qur'an with its readings in Ceuta, after his family moved there, and studied Arabic grammar under Ibn Abi al-Rabi'.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · teacher
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Scripture and its sciencesLinguistics
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ahmad ibn Isa ibn Ya'qub al-Ghafiqi al-Ishbili, a reciter and grammarian. 1
Study
His family moved from Seville to Ceuta, where he memorised the Qur'an in the transmitted readings. He took Arabic and grammar from Ibn Abi al-Rabi'. 1
Death
The Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa al-Udaba' gives his death as 1344 CE. This date comes from one source and needs an additional source. 1
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.17-18
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibrahim al-Ghafiqi al-Ishbili”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibrahim-al-ghafiqi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.