التكملة لكتاب الصلة
التكملة لكتاب الصلة
Ibn al-Abbar's great biographical dictionary of al-Andalus's scholars, poets and viziers — al-Maqqari's principal quarry in Nafh al-Tib, cited for al-Rushati, Ibn Khafaja, al-Kila'i and the chronicle of the cities' fall 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
"Al-Takmila li-Kitab al-Sila" (The Supplement to the Book of the Connection), a biographical dictionary by Ibn al-Abbar al-Balansi, on the scholars, poets and ministers of al-Andalus. 1
Al-Maqqari relies on it in "Nafh al-Tib", and cites it in the biographies of al-Rushati, Ibn Khafaja, Abu al-Rabi al-Kalla'i and others. It contains much about the losses of Andalusian cities. 1
The date of its composition and its standard edition: a further source is needed.
Connections
- Authored by
- Ibn al-Abbar, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah
People and things also explored
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 455-477
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islam.museum contributors. “التكملة لكتاب الصلة”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/takmila-ibn-al-abbar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.