al-Ahdab, Ibrahim ibn Ali
الأحدب إبراهيم بن علي
1826 CE · 1242 AH – 1891 CE · 1308 AH
Man of letters, poet and jurist from Tripoli in Syria, who left a large body of books and treatises.
At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Modern Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
- PoetTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Ibrahim ibn Ali al-Ahdab al-Tarabulusi (1242–1308 AH / 1826–1891 CE), a man of letters, poet, author, and jurist from Tripoli in Syria. He left a large legacy of books and treatises. 1
What the encyclopaedia records
The Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa al-Udaba' counts him among the scholars and among the poets, and attributes him to the People of the Sunna. 1
The details of his life and the titles of his works are not yet recorded in the data. It needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.302-304
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Ahdab, Ibrahim ibn Ali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibrahim-ibn-ali-al-ahdab/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.