Ibn al-Tabban al-Qayrawani

عبد الله بن إسحاق ابن التبان

c. 981 CE · 371 AH

Abu Muhammad Abdallah b. Ishaq al-Qayrawani, called Ibn al-Tabban (d. 371) — shaykh of the Maghreb Malikis; al-Qadi Iyad said camel-posts were driven to him from every quarter, a hafiz far from affectation and ostentation, eloquent 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Abu Muhammad 'Abdallah b. Ishaq al-Qayrawani, known as Ibn al-Tabban, shaykh of the Maghreb's Malikis; Qadi 'Iyad said: the camels' flanks were beaten to him from every province — a hafiz, far from pretension and ostentation, eloquent. 1

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  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 76
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