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ابن باجة

ابن باجة

c. 1138 CE · 533 AH

Fez

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Bajja of Zaragoza, a philosopher of Islam, also a fine poet and genealogist; author of many works including a collection on philosophy, medicine and the natural sciences, he died young at Fez — the Franks call him Avempace 1.

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Roles
Philosopher
Era
Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
Identifiers
Wikidata
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

In space

Fez

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Overview

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya, known as Ibn Bajja, of the Tujibi family of Zaragoza, one of the philosophers of Islam. The Europeans call him "Avempace". 1

The source says that he was a skilled poet and knew genealogies as well as philosophy, and he wrote many books on philosophy, medicine and natural science. He died young in Fez. 1

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Fez

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al-Qarawiyyin mosque· Ibn Battuta returns to Fez· The Malian giraffe embassy to Fez (762 AH)· The Marinid division between Fez and Marrakesh (776 AH)· Abd al-Hafid of Morocco· Bu Hasun al-Wattasi· Hassan I of Morocco· Ibn Qatral

Sources

  1. al-Alam — al-Zirikli , p. 868
  • Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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islam.museum contributors. “ابن باجة”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-bajja/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.

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al-Qarawiyyin mosque

Draft card for the Qarawiyyin mosque of Fez, the great congregational mosque and seat of learning built by the Kairouan emigres in Fez, named from an open reference description (Wikidata); its Mujam al-Buldan entry is not yet read on the page.