At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Physician
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Zakariyya al-Ansari al-Mursi al-Gharnati (677–751 AH / 1278–1350 CE). A grammarian, reciter and physician, of Murcian origin, who lived in Granada in the time of the Nasrid state. 1
The information about him is scant, and the data go no further than what the encyclopaedia reports. It needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.469
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibrahim ibn Yahya al-Ansari al-Mursi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibrahim-ibn-yahya-al-ansari-al-mursi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.