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Ibn al-Ajdabi, Ibrahim ibn Isma'il

ابن الأجدابي إبراهيم بن إسماعيل

c. 1077 CE · c. 469 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

A jurist from Tripoli in Libya, named after the town of Ajdabiya. The sources give only a brief biography, and his death is given as around 470 AH.

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At a glance

Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Maghreb
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abu al-Fath Abd al-Baqi al-Haddad al-Hanbali al-Faradi · Abd al-Malik Ibn Attash · Abdallah ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni · Abu al-Hasan al-Ibadi · Abu al-Mahasin al-Ruyani

Development of law, theology and institutionsScripture and its sciences

Place in the story

  • JuristTradition

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

Overview

Ibrahim ibn Isma'il ibn Ahmad ibn Abdallah al-Lawati al-Maghribi al-Ifriqi, a jurist from Tripoli in the west, attributed to Ajdabiya. The sources give him a brief biography. 1

Death

The encyclopaedia gives his death as around 470 AH (around 1077 CE). The date is approximate and comes from a single source, so it needs an additional source. 1

People and things also explored

Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi· Habib Ali al-Jifri· Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali· Malik ibn Anas· Umar bin Hafiz· Uthman ibn Affan· Zayd ibn Thabit

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.284-288
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