Ibn Zaydan
Illustration — Ibn Zaydan in 1933 Abd al-Rahman ibn Zaydan (June 1873 – 1946) was a Moroccan historian and literary author. He was a member of the ruling 'Alawi dynasty and is considered one of the best sources on the history of his native city Meknes, but also on the 'Alawi dynasty. After the installation of the French protectorate he accepted the function of vice-director of the military school of Dâr al-Bayda in Meknes, today's military academy of the city.
Also recorded as Abd al-Rahman ibn Zaydan
Ibn Zaydan
Scanned Photo from a book entitled Itḥāf aʻlām al-nās bi-jamāl akhbār ḥāḍirat Miknās, by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Zaydān · Public domain
- Died
- 1946 · Meknes.
- Nationality
- Alawi Sultanate · French protectorate in Morocco
- Occupation
- historian · poet
- Languages
- Arabic
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Ibn Zaydan (May 1878 – 16 November 1946) is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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The birth of Ibn Zaydan is recorded in May 1878 in Meknes (Maroc), and the death on 16 November 1946 in Meknes (Maroc).
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Born at Meknes in 1878, died in Meknes in 1946.
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- 1.Bernard Lewis, Peter Malcolm Holt, Historians of the Middle East, University of London School of Oriental and African Studies, ed. Oxford University Press, 1962, Page 417
- 2.E. J. van Donzel, Islamic Desk Reference: Compiled from the Encyclopaedia of Islam, ed. BRILL, 1994 , p. 163 "His works may be considered as the best source for the history of Meknes and for the history of the Sharifs of Morocco."
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- Abderrahman Ibn Zaydan's masterpiece on the city of Meknes: A Presentation of Luminous Men with the most beautiful Reports of the City of Meknes [in Arabic], 5 vols, Fes, 1930, Reprinted, Casablanca: Ideal, 1990
- Abbas Jarari, Said Binsaid Alawi and Ahmad Tawfiq Abd al-Rahman ibn Zaydan (Festschrift), Muassasat Una: 1998
- Abd al-Rahman bin Zaydan al-Alawi. al-'Ala'iq al-siyasiyah lil-dawlah al-'Alawiyah / taqdim wa-tahqiq 'Abd al-Latif al-Shadhili. Rabat : al-Matba'ah al-Malakiyah, 1999.
- Afif, Mohamed. "Les Harkas, hassaniennes d'après l'oeuvre d'Ibn Zaydan." Hespéris-Tamuda 19 (1980–81): 153–68.
- Les campagnes de Moulay ’Al-Hassan d’après les écrits d’Ibn Zaydan,. Revue de la Faculté des Lettres (Rabat), 7, 1981, 47-75 (en arabe)
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