At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Modern Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
- PoetTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Ibrahim ibn Ali al-Ahdab al-Tarabulusi (1242–1308 AH / 1826–1891 CE), a man of letters, poet, author, and jurist from Tripoli in Syria. He left a large legacy of books and treatises. 1
What the encyclopaedia records
The Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa al-Udaba' counts him among the scholars and among the poets, and attributes him to the People of the Sunna. 1
The details of his life and the titles of his works are not yet recorded in the data. It needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Aljamia (aljamiado: Spanish written in Arabic script, and its literature)· Arab naming of children after plants· The wise sayings attributed to Ali· Poetry attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· Khuza'a's appeal to Medina
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.302-304
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Ahdab, Ibrahim ibn Ali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibrahim-ibn-ali-al-ahdab/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.