Ibn al-Abbār | |
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Born | 1199 |
Died | |
Other names | Abū Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn 'Abdullah ibn Abū Bakr al-Qudā'ī al-Balansī; also Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr al-Kudāi[1] |
Occupation(s) | Biographer, Historian, Encyclopedist, Poet, Ambassador |
Ibn al-Abbār (ابن الأبار), he was Hāfiẓ Abū Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn 'Abdullah ibn Abū Bakr al-Qudā'ī al-Balansī (أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله بن أبي بكر بن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن القضاعي البلنسي)[2] (1199–1260) a secretary to Hafsid dynasty princes,[1] well-known poet, diplomat, jurist and hadith scholar from al-Andalus and perhaps the most famous man of letters produced by the city of Valencia ('Balansiya') during the Middle Ages.[3]