Ibn Abd al-Hakam

Ibn Abd al-Hakam
Personal
Bornc. 800
AH 187 (802/803)
Egypt
Diedc. 871
AH 257 (870/871)
Egypt, Fustat
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki
Main interest(s)Fiqh, Hadith, History
OccupationMuhaddith, Scholar, Historian
Muslim leader
Influenced by

Abu'l Qāsim ʿAbd ar-Raḥman bin ʿAbdullah bin ʿAbd al-Ḥakam (Arabic: أبو القاسم عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله بن عبد الحكم),[1] generally known simply as Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam ([ابن عبد الحكم, 801 AD - 257 A.H/ 871 AD at Fustat near what is now Cairo[2]) was a Sunni Muslim[3] historian and jurist from Fustat, Egypt.[2] He wrote a work generally known as " The Conquest of Egypt and North Africa and al-Andalus" (Arabic: فتوح مصر والمغرب والاندلس, Futūḥ mișr wa'l-maghrib wa'l-andalus). This work is considered one of the earliest Islamic Arabic-language histories to have survived to the present day.

  1. ^ "ʿAbd al-Rahmân ibn ʿAbd Allâh Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam", data.bnf.fr
  2. ^ a b Torrey, p.1 of preface to Arabic edition.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Hugh (2010-12-09). The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In. Orion. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-297-86559-9.