At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- PoetTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Abd al-Salam al-Jarawi, a poet and scholar from Jarawa in the Maghrib, known for his poetry and learning. The encyclopaedia gives his death as 609 AH (1212 CE). 1
The date is recorded as reported and needs an additional source. His reports and his poetry also need an additional source.
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Jara'i, Ahmad ibn Abd al-Salam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ahmad-al-jarai/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.