Abu Ali al-Sadafi

أبو علي الصدفي

c. May 1120 CE · Rabi' I 514 AH

Abu Ali al-Sadafi, among the most famous scholars of al-Andalus — he and his peer Ibn al-Farra went out as volunteers to the battle of Cutanda in 514 and were among the lost 1.

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Era
Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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Overview

Shaykh Abu Ali al-Sadafi, one of the famous scholars of al-Andalus. At the battle of Quintana, where the commander of the Muslims was the amir Ibrahim ibn Yusuf ibn Tashfin, al-Sadafi went out as a raider with his peer in merit, Abu Abd Allah Ibn al-Farra', and both were among those lost there in 514 AH. 2

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  • A second source for the date and the details of the battle is needed.

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Participated in
The battle of Cutanda

People and things also explored

Qadi Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi· The battle of Cutanda

Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 465
  2. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p.465
  • Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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Qadi Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi

Qadi Abu Bakr b. al-Arabi, the 'seal of al-Andalus's scholars'; travelled east at seventeen, heard al-Ghazali in Baghdad who said none who journeyed brought back his like save al-Baji, then judged Seville until dismissed for rigour — born 468, buried at Fez 543.