Salih ibn Mansur al-Himyari
صالح بن منصور الحميري
798 CE · 182 AH
Salih ibn Mansur al-Himyari, ancestor of the kings of Nekour; through him the Ghumara embraced Islam under the Umayyad state — a Maliki imam of steadfast observance who received caliphal expeditions for the jihad of the Berbers, and composer of the verse rulings called al-Randiyya; when his people apostatised once and expelled him for a Nafza man called al-Randi, they repented, returned to Islam and recalled him, and he dwelt among them until his death at Tamsasan in 182 AH.
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler · Scholar
- Era
- The Umayyad Period · The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Salih ibn Mansur al-Himyari, the ancestor of the kings of Nakur. The conversion of the Ghumara to Islam took place at his hand, in the period of the Umayyads 1.
He was an imam in the school of Malik, upright in following and in the law. He composed a versified book of wisdom which he called the Randiyya. The caliphs appointed him to the jihad against the Berbers, and sent reinforcements with him 1.
His people once apostatised and drove him out, and they appointed a man of Nafza known as al-Randi. Later they repented, returned to Islam and returned to him. He remained among them until he died at Tamsaman in the year 182 AH, which corresponds to about 798 CE by derived conversion 1.
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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