al-Rushati al-Mariyyi

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c. 17 October 1147 CE · c. Jumada I 542 AH

Abu Muhammad Abdallah ibn Ali al-Rushati al-Mariyyi — the renowned imam of Almeria, devoted to hadith, rijal and chronicles, author of Iqtibas al-Anwar on the genealogies of Companions and transmitters in the manner of Ibn al-Sam'ani's Ansab; born at Orihuela in 466 and martyred in the sack of Almeria on Friday morning, 20 Jumada I 542 1.

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Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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Overview

Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Ali al-Rushati al-Mari, a scholar of al-Andalus. He was concerned with hadith, the transmitters, narrators and histories, and wrote "Iqtibas al-Anwar" on the genealogies of the Companions and the transmitters of reports, in the manner of al-Samani's "Ansab". 2

His life

He was born in 466 AH in the village of Orihuela, in the district of Murcia, and died in Almeria on the morning of Friday, twentieth of Jumada al-Ula 542 AH, when the enemy overcame it. Al-Maqqari describes him as having died a martyr, which is the source's description. The Gregorian date in the museum's data is derived from the Hijri date. 2

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The fall of Almeria to the Christians, 542 AH

People and things also explored

ابن حبيش الحافظ· ابن مردنيش صاحب شرق الأندلس· The fall of Almeria to the Christians, 542 AH

Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 466
  2. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p.466
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ابن حبيش الحافظ

Abd al-Rahman ibn Hubaysh al-Ansari of Almeria — 'the last of the huffaz in al-Andalus'; caught in the citadel in the sack of 542, he told Emperor Alfonso VII 'I know your pedigree better than you — back to Heraclius,' recited it, and won free departure for his household; teacher of Ibn Dihya, Ibn Hawt Allah and Abu al-Rabi al-Kila'i.