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- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Maghreb
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Overview
When Abu Zakariyya' died, his successor al-Mustansir kept Ibn al-Abbar close to him, but his attitude so irritated the sovereign and his courtiers that he was ordered to be tortured; his writings were confiscated and a satire against the amir was found among them, enraging him further — he ordered Ibn al-Abbar killed by lance-thrusts on the morning of 20 Muharram 658 (6 January 1260), and the next day his corpse was burnt together with his books, poems and diplomas 1. Ibn al-Imad records that the lord of Tunis had him killed unjustly on 20 Muharram at the age of sixty-three 2.
Connections
- Had participant
- Ibn al-Abbar· al-Mustansir billah al-Hafsi
- Occurred at
- Tunis
People and things also explored
Louis IX's siege of Tunis (the Eighth Crusade)· The 'alama affair: Ibn al-Abbar dismissed, confined, then pardoned at Tunis, ~645/1247· Ibn al-Abbar finishes al-Takmila li-Kitab al-Sila at Tunis, ~650/1252· Ibn al-Abbar's embassy to the sultan of Ifriqiya for beleaguered Valencia, 635/1238· Ibn al-Abbar leaves fallen Valencia and settles at Tunis as head of the chancellery, 636/1238· Ibn al-Abbar· Tunis· al-Zaytuna Mosque
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 705
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 303
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islam.museum contributors. “The killing of Ibn al-Abbar at Tunis, 20 Muharram 658/6 January 1260”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ibn-al-abbar-killed-tunis-658/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.