Ibn Hammad
Abu ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḥammād ibn ʿĪsā ibn ʿAbī Bakr al-Ṣanhāj̲ī, known as Ibn Ḥammād or Ibn Ḥamādu (1153/54–1230 / AH 548–628), was a medieval Berber qadi and historian, author of a chronicle on the Fatimid caliphs in the Maghreb, known as Akhbar muluk bani Ubayd wa-siratuhum ("account of the kings of the house of Ubaid and their deeds"), written in 1220 / AH 617. He was related to the Banu Hammad and a native of a village near their Qal'a.
Also recorded as Ibn Hammad al-Sanhadji · Alṣuunhājy · Ibn Ḥammād al-Ṣanhājī
Ibn Hammad
- Name
- Ibn Hammad
- Born
- 1153
- Birthplace
- Qal'at Bani Hammad
- Died
- 1230
- Place of death
- Marrakesh
- Occupation
- Historian, qadi, scholar
- Languages
- Arabic
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Abu ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḥammād ibn ʿĪsā ibn ʿAbī Bakr al-Ṣanhāj̲ī, known as Ibn Ḥammād or Ibn Ḥamādu (1153/54–1230 / AH 548–628), was a medieval Berber qadi and historian, author of a chronicle on the Fatimid caliphs in the Maghreb, known as Akhbar muluk bani Ubayd wa-siratuhum ("account of the kings of the house of Ubaid and their deeds"), written in 1220 / AH 617. He was related to the Banu Hammad and a native of a village near their Qal'a.
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• Name — Ibn Hammad • Native Name — ابن حماد • Born — 1153 • Birthplace — Qal'at Bani Hammad • Died — 1230 • Place of death — Marrakesh • Occupation — Historian, qadi, scholar • Era — Post-classical history • Notable Works — *Akhbar Muluk Bani Ubayd • Al-Nubadh al-Muhtaja fi Akhbar Muluk Sanhaja bi-Ifriqiya wa-Bajaia
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1153
Ibn Hammad born.
1230
Ibn Hammad died in 1231.
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• Histoires des Rois Obaidides, ed. and trans. M. Vanderyheiden, Paris, 1927. • Akhbar muluk Bani Ubayd wa-siratuhum: Tahlil li-tarikh al-Dawlah al-Fatimiyah min khilal masdar turathi, Dar al-Ulum, 1981,
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- 1.Jeremy Johns, Arabic Administration in Norman Sicily: The Royal Diwan, (Cambridge University Press, 2002), 265.
- 2.Bearman. Ibn Ḥamādu. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Brill Publishers. 1986. 9004081186.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Ibn Hammad al-Sanhadji, Alṣuunhājy and Ibn Ḥammād al-Ṣanhājī. His recorded language was Arabic. His recorded confession was Islam.
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