Ibn al-Abbar becomes the disciple of Abu al-Rabi' ibn Salim at Valencia, ~615/1218

ابن الأبار تلميذ أبي الربيع بن سالم ببلنسية، نحو ٦١٥هـ

c. 1218 CE · c. 615 AH

Valencia

Ibn al-Abbar grew up at Valencia in study circles, reading under a body of teachers he names in his Mu'jam; for more than twenty years he was the disciple of the most learned traditionist in Spain, Abu al-Rabi' ibn Salim, who persuaded him to complete the Sila of Ibn Bashkuwal — the seed of the Takmila 1.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe

In time

121012201230 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

In space

Valencia

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Overview

Ibn al-Abbar grew up at Valencia in study circles, reading under a body of teachers he names in his Mu'jam; for more than twenty years he was the disciple of the most learned traditionist in Spain, Abu al-Rabi' ibn Salim, who persuaded him to complete the Sila of Ibn Bashkuwal — the seed of the Takmila 1.

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Had participant
Ibn al-Abbar· Abu al-Rabi' ibn Salim
Occurred at
Valencia
During the reign of
al-Mustansir Yusuf al-Muwahhidi

People and things also explored

The fall of Valencia to the enemy· Ibn al-Abbar acts as secretary to the Mu'minid governors of Valencia, ~630/1233· Ibn al-Abbar· Valencia· Battle of Valencia (1130)· Capture of Valencia by al-Qanbiyatur (the Campeador)· 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

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 705
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The fall of Valencia to the enemy

Valencia fell by treaty on 17 Safar 636 after Ibn al-Abbar's plea-qasida to the Hafsid sultan moved him to ship money and supplies; its people surrendered on terms preserving their persons in 637.