al-Muzaffar ibn al-Aftas, king of Badajoz

المظفر بن الأفطس ملك بطليوس

Al-Muzaffar Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn al-Aftas, the scholar-king of Badajoz — author of the encyclopedia known as al-Muzaffari in nearly fifty volumes, and among the greatest of the taifa kings 1.

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Abbasid Fragmentation
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Al-Muzaffar Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Maslama ibn al-Aftas, king of Badajoz in the western part of al-Andalus, of the Banu al-Aftas. 2

His writings

He is the author of a work called "al-Muzaffari" in about fifty volumes. 2 See al-Muzaffari.

Among the Taifa kings

Ibn Khaldun counts him among the great Taifa kings, and mentions wars between him and Ibn Dhi al-Nun and also with Ibn Abbad. 3

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Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 478; tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p. 1001
  2. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 478
  3. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p. 1001
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al-Muzaffari

The al-Muzaffari — the nearly fifty-volume encyclopedic compilation of al-Muzaffar ibn al-Aftas, scholar-king of Badajoz.