Ibn Abd al-Malik al-Marrakushi
Ibn abd al-Malik al-Murrakushi | |
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| بن عبد الملك المراكشي | |
| Born | 5 July 1237 Marrakesh, present-day Morocco |
| Died | September 1303 (aged 66) New Tlemcen (Mansoura), present-day Algeria |
| Occupations | scholar, judge, historian |
| Known for | Historian biographer |
| Notable work | Ad-Dayl wa Takmila |
Ibn abd al-Malik al-Marrakushi or al-Murrakushi (full name: Abu Abd Allah Muhammed ibn Muhammed ibn abd al-Malik al-Marrakushi Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن محمد بن عبد الملك المراكشي; 5 July 1237 – September 1303) was a Maghrebi scholar, historian, judge, and biographer.
He is the author of the famous book 'Ad-Dayl wa Takmila' a 9 volume biographical encyclopedia of notable people from Maghreb and al-Andalus.
Life
Born into a notable family of prestigious Arab lineage in Marrakesh,[1] hence the nisba, al-Marrakushi. In 1300, Ibn Abd al-Malik left Marrakesh following the court of the Marinid King Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr and settled in Mansoura, where the Marinids were besieging Tlemcen in an attempt to oust the Abd al-Wadid dynasty. He seems to have died there three years later, in September 1303, despite reports of him being at Aghmat only three months earlier.[2]He had a son who settled in Málaga where he became a close friend of Ibn al-Khatib. The latter based much of his biographical book Al-Ihata on the works of Ibn Abd al-Malik.[2]
Work
- Ad-Dayl wa Takmila (الذيل والتكملة) ('Appendix and Supplement'): Ibn abd al-Malik's biographical dictionary and life's work completed months before his death. His intention to complete the biographical dictionaries of Ibn Bashkuwāl and Ibn al-Faraḍī resulted in this surpassing sequel.[2] Of the nine original, approx. 700 page volumes, four volumes survive intact—vols. 1, 5, 6, and 8. Two more survive in part—vols. 2 and 4. The work is rich in detail. Some inaccurate renderings in name pronunciation arise from the Arabic writing system.[2][3][4][5]
- Al-Dhayl wa-al-takmilah : li-kitābay al-Mawṣūl wa-al-Ṣilah (الذيل والتكملة لكتابي الموصول والصلة)[6]
See also
References
- ^ Buresi, Pascal (2018-07-01). "Ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Marrākushī". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE.
- ^ a b c d "ابن عبد الملك المراكشي". دعوة الحق. Moroccan Ministry of Habous. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ Shawkat M. Toorawa (205). Ibn Abī Ṭāhir Ṭayfūr and Arabic Writerly Culture: A Ninth-century Bookman in Baghdad. Routledge. p. 184. ISBN 9780415297622.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ Western Michigan University. Medieval Institute (2002). Medieval prosopography. p. 6.
- ^ Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Manuela Marín (1992). The Legacy of Muslim Spain. ISBN 9004095993. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ Marākishī (al-), M. b. M. b. ʻA. al-Malik; Faraḍī (Ibn al-), ʻA. A. b. M.; Bashkuwāl (Ibn), Khalaf ibn ʻAbd al-Malik (1964). al-Dhayl wa-al-takmilah : li-kitābay al-Mawṣūl wa-al-Ṣilah. Maktabah al-Andalusīyah 10. (in Arabic). Beirut: Dār al-Thaqāfah.
