Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi · Islam Museum

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At a glance

Roles: Scholar · writer
Counted among: Sunni
Era: The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region: Maghreb
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Life in time

The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti · Abu al-Hajjaj al-Biyasi · Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar · al-Kamal al-Darir · Shams al-Din al-Khasruwshahi

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Place in the story

ScholarTradition

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr al-Qaysi al-Tifashi, a scholar and writer from the Qays, named after Tifash in the Maghrib. ¹

The source says he was born in 580 AH (1184 CE) and died in 651 AH (1253 CE). Both dates come from one source and need a second. ¹

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Sources

Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO

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islam.museum contributors. “Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ahmad-ibn-yusuf-al-tifashi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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