Al-Qurtubi leaves al-Andalus for the East

رحيل القرطبي من الأندلس إلى بلاد المشرق

c. 1242 CE · c. 640 AH

Cordoba

Al-Maqqari places Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Qurtubi in the chapter 'Andalusis who travelled to the lands of the East': he left Cordoba as an emigrant and settled in Egypt 1. The Encyclopaedia of Islam says he 'made his way to the Orient and settled at Munyat Abi l-Khusayb in Upper Egypt' 2.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
al-Andalus & Europe · Egypt & Nile
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1230124012501260 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Cordoba

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Al-Maqqari places Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Qurtubi in the chapter "Andalusis who travelled to the lands of the East": he left Cordoba as an emigrant and settled in Egypt 1. The Encyclopaedia of Islam says he "made his way to the Orient and settled at Munyat Abi l-Khusayb in Upper Egypt" 2.

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al-Qurtubi
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People and things also explored

al-Qurtubi· Cordoba· Great Mosque of Córdoba· Library of the Córdoba Palace· Al-Qurtubi composes al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'an and his other books, c. 670/1272· Al-Qurtubi settles at Munyat Bani Khusayb in Upper Egypt, c. 660/1262· Al-Qurtubi hears part of al-Mufhim from its author at Alexandria, 656/1258· The battle of al-Arak (Alarcos)

Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , 2/210-211
  2. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 5 p. 550
  • Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Dar al-Risala al-Alamiyya edition)
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al-Qurtubi

Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr ibn Faraj al-Ansari al-Khazraji al-Qurtubi (d. 671/1273), the Maliki exegete author of al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'an; he emigrated from al-Andalus to Egypt, heard al-Mufhim from its author at Alexandria, and settled at Munyat Bani Khusayb in Upper Egypt where he wrote and died.