Ibn Zafar
Also recorded as Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Zafar · Muhammad ibn Zafar as-Saqali · Hujjat al-Din Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Abi Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Zafar al-Siqilli
Ibn Zafar
عبد الهادي الابياري وأحمد افندي الازهري · archive.org · Public domain
- Born
- 1104 · Sicily.
- Died
- 1170 · Hama.
- Occupation
- philosopher · political scientist · writer
- Known for
- Sulwān al-muṭāʻ fī ʻudwān al-atbāʻ
- Languages
- Arabic
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Ibn Zafar is recorded with the occupation political scientist. Recorded with the occupation philosopher. Recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded as philosopher, political scientist and writer.
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1104
Ibn Zafar was born on 1 January 1104.
1170
Ibn Zafar died on 1 January 1170.
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Sicily.
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scholarly publication
- Authorities of Narrative Discourse Al-Sulwanat by Ibn Zafar as a Case Study, Journal of Arabic Perspectives in Literature and Linguistics, 2026
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2026
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1158768443, Ibn-Zafar, Abū-'Abdallāh Muḥammad.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1299570: Ibn Zafar
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- 1.R. Hrair Dekmejian & Adel Fathy Thabit Machiavelli’s Arab Precursor: Ibn Zafar al-Siqillī
- 2.Khallikan, Obituaries of Eminent Men , Vol.4
- 3.Arié, Miniatures pp. 1–4
- 4.https://archive.org/details/solwanorwatersof01ibnz Amari, Michele Solwan, or Waters of Comfort by Ibn Zafer, Vol.1]
- 5.Amari, Michele Solwan, or Waters of Comfort by Ibn Zafer, Vol.2
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Richard Hrair Dekmejian and Adel Fathy Thabit: Machiavelli's Arab Precursor: Ibn Zafar al-Siquilli; British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (2000), 27, 125-137.
- Carl Brockelmann, Geschichte der arabischen Literatur, Vol. 1. Weimar 1898.
- Rachel Arié, Miniatures hispano-musulmanes, Leyden (E. J. Brill) 1969.
- Umberto Rizzitano, Ibn Ẓafar, Abū ‘Abd Allāh in Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. IV, p. 970.
- Emeri J. van Donzel, Islamic Desk Reference
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Authorities of Narrative Discourse Al-Sulwanat by Ibn Zafar as a Case Study, Journal of Arabic Perspectives in Literature and Linguistics, 2026Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1158768443, Ibn-Zafar, Abū-'Abdallāh Muḥammad.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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