ابن سبعين

ابن سبعين

c. 1271 CE · 669 AH

The celebrated Andalusi philosopher-sufi; his brother Abu Talib spoke for Ibn Hud before the pope at Rome, and Ibn Sab'in drafted Mecca's bay'a letter to the Hafsid al-Mustansir casting him as the awaited Mahdi 1.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb · Arabia
Identifiers
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Review
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Life in time

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abagha Khan · Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani · Afif al-Din ibn Mazru' · Ahmad al-Badawi · Ahmad al-Suhrawardi

Overview

Abd al-Haqq ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Nasr, known as Ibn Sab'in, a famous Sufi philosopher from al-Andalus. 2

Lisan al-Din's view

Al-Maqqari relays from Lisan al-Din Ibn al-Khatib that his fame, his standing in understanding and opinion, his depth in philosophy and his defence of the doctrines of the theologians are things to be wondered at. 2

Events

He sent his brother Abu Talib ibn Sab'in as an agent of Ibn Hud to address the Christian bishop of Rome, when the Christian tyrant broke faith with him. He also composed the letter of allegiance of the people of Mecca to the Hafsid sultan al-Mustansir, in which he indicated that al-Mustansir is the Mahdi who was announced. 2

His birth and death need an additional source.

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Participated in
Mecca's bay'a to the Hafsid al-Mustansir

People and things also explored

Abu Numayy, Sharif of Mecca· al-Mustansir billah al-Hafsi· Mecca· Mecca's bay'a to the Hafsid al-Mustansir

Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 203-204
  2. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p.203-204
  • Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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Abu Numayy, Sharif of Mecca

Abu Numayy ibn Abi Sa'd al-Hasani, Sharif of Mecca, keeper of its affairs and lord of the pilgrimage season; he and his brother Idris had held the Abbasid da'wa since Saladin transferred it to them, and when the Tatars took Baghdad and erased the caliphate's rite, the Sufi jurist Ibn Sab'in dwelling by the sanctuary persuaded him to the bay'a of the Hafsid al-Mustansir, dictating the letter which the sharif had preached from Mecca's minbars.