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Alfunsho (the Arabic transcription of Alfonso)

ألفونش

Alfunsho is the form of the name Alfonso adopted by most Arab chroniclers of al-Andalus, a name borne by several monarchs of Christian Spain in the Middle Ages. The forms Idhfunsho and al-Idhfunsho, which correspond to the old Latin-Gothic Ildefonso, also occur occasionally 1.

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Alfunsho is the transcription of Alfonso adopted by most Arab chroniclers of al-Andalus. Several monarchs of Christian Spain in the Middle Ages bore the name. 1

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The forms Idhfunsho and al-Idhfunsho correspond to the old Latin-Gothic form Ildefonso and occur occasionally in the chronicles. 1

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 386
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