At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Life in time
History-writing and social thought
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Bakr ibn Ali al-Sanhaji, known as al-Bayduq, from the Sanhaja tribe of the central Maghrib. He was born around 490 AH (1096 CE) and died in 555 AH (1160 CE). 1
The birth date is approximate. The dates come from one source and need a second. The rest needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
Disputing the count of raids and sariyas· Orientalism· Stopping the genealogy at Ma'add· Abd al-Jabbar al-Jumurd· Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti· Abd al-Rahman Badawi· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Abu al-Khayr al-Armuni
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-Bayduq Abu Bakr ibn Ali al-Sanhaji”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-bayduq-abu-bakr-ibn-ali-al-sanhaji/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.