Abu Bakr al-Turtushi

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Walid al-Turtushi
Personal
Born1059 CE (451 AH)
Tortosa, Taifa of Tortosa
Died1126 CE (520 AH)
Alexandria, Fatimid Caliphate
ReligionIslam
EraFatimid Caliphate
RegionAl-Andalus and Egypt
JurisprudenceMaliki[1]
CreedAsh'ari
Main interest(s)Fiqh Political Theory
Notable work(s)Siraj al-Muluk fi Suluk al-Muluk (The Lamp of Kings for the Qualities of Kingmanship)
Other namesal-Turtushi
Muslim leader
Influenced
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'Abu Bakr Muhammad al-Turtushi (Arabic: ابو بكر محمد بن الوليد الطرطوشي‎) (1059 – 1126 CE; 451 AH – 520 AH ), better known as al-Turtushi was one of the most prominent Andalusian political philosophers of the twelfth century. His book Kitāb Sirāj al-Mulūk (The Lamp of Kings) was one of the most important works of political theory to be produced in the medieval Islamic world. Al-Turtushi was also an accomplished jurist in the Maliki school.

  1. ^ Moshe Gil, A History of Palestine, 634–1099, p 424. ISBN 0521599849