Ibn al-Tiqtaqa
Ṣafī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ṭabāṭabā (1262–1309), also known as Ibn al-Tiqtaqa, was a historian and naqib of Alids in Ḥilla. He was a direct descendant of Ḥasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Ṭalib. According to E.G. Browne's English version of Mīrzā Muhammad b. ‛Abudi’l-Wahhāb-i—Qazwīni's edition of ‛Alā-ad-Dīn ‛Ata Malik-i-Juwaynī's Ta’rīhh-i-Jahān Gushā (London 1912, Luzac, p.ix), Ibn al-Tiqtaqā's name was Safiyu’d-Din Muhammad ibn ‛Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Tabātabā.
Ibn al-Tiqtaqa
- Name
- Ibn al-Tiqtaqa
- Born
- 1262 CE
- Birthplace
- Baghdad, Iraq
- Died
- 1309 CE
- Occupation
- Historian, Naqib of Alids
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Ṣafī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ṭabāṭabā (1262–1309), also known as Ibn al-Tiqtaqa, was a historian and naqib of Alids in Ḥilla. He was a direct descendant of Ḥasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Ṭalib. According to E.G. Browne's English version of Mīrzā Muhammad b. ‛Abudi’l-Wahhāb-i—Qazwīni's edition of ‛Alā-ad-Dīn ‛Ata Malik-i-Juwaynī's Ta’rīhh-i-Jahān Gushā (London 1912, Luzac, p.ix), Ibn al-Tiqtaqā's name was Safiyu’d-Din Muhammad ibn ‛Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Tabātabā.
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Around 1302 he wrote a popular compendium of Islamic history called al-Fakhri. According to the political scientist Vasileios Syros, the philosophy of ibn al-Ṭabāṭabā can be compared to that of Niccolò Machiavelli.
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• Name — Ibn al-Tiqtaqa • Native Name — ابن الطقطقي • Born — 1262 CE • Birthplace — Baghdad, Iraq • Died — 1309 CE • Occupation — Historian, Naqib of Alids • Notable Works — Al-Fakhri • Era — Medieval Islamic period • Main Interests — Islamic history, Political philosophy
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1262
Ibn al-Tiqtaqa was born in 1262.
1309
Ibn al-Tiqtaqa died at Mosul.
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