Ibn abd al-Malik al-Marrakushi

Ibn abd al-Malik al-Murrakushi
Native name بن عبد الملك المراكشي
Born 5 July 1237
Marrakech, Morocco
Died September 1303
New Tlemcen (Mansourah)
Occupation scholar, judge, historian
Known for Author of ad-Dayl wa Takmila
Notable work ad-Dayl wa Takmila
Religion Sunni Islam

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 ) (b. 5 July 1237 September 1303) was a Moroccan scholar, historian, judge and biographer. He is the author of the famous book 'Ad-Dayl wa Takmila', a substantial collection of biographies of notable people from Morocco and al-Andalus. The book is composed of 9 volumes with approximately 700 pages each of which only 4 volumes reached us entirely (Volumes 1, 5, 6, 8 and parts of 2 and 4). It contains many intricate details, such as the exact pronunciation of names which isn't always accurately rendered in the Arabic writing system.[1][2][3][4]

In 1300, Ibn abd al-Malik left Marrakech following the court of the Marinid King Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr and settled in Mansourah, 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, though there were reports of him being at Aghmat only three months earlier.[1]

Ibn abd al-Malik spent his life writing his biographical dictionary "ad-Dayl wa Takmila" which was completed only a few months before his death. The book was originally designed to complete the works of Ibn Bashkuwal and Ibn al-Faradi, but eventually surpassed them.[1]

He had a son who settled in Malaga 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.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "ابن عبد الملك المراكشي". دعوة الحق. Moroccan Ministry of Habous. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  2. Shawkat M. Toorawa (205). Ibn Abī Ṭāhir Ṭayfūr and Arabic Writerly Culture: A Ninth-century Bookman in Baghdad. Routledge. p. 184.
  3. Western Michigan University. Medieval Institute. Medieval prosopography. p. 6.
  4. Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Manuela Marín. The Legacy of Muslim Spain. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
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