At a glance
- Roles
- secretary · Poet
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Life in time
In space
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Overview
Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf ibn Muhammad al-Muwaffaq, known as Ibn al-Khallal, head of the chancery in Egypt in the state of al-Hafiz al-Ubaydi and after him. Imad al-Din al-Isfahani described him as "the overseer of Egypt, the man who oversaw it, and the gatherer of its glories". He had great power in epistolary writing 2.
Al-Qadi al-Fadil
al-Qadi al-Fadil relates that when he came to the chancery of correspondence as a boy, he asked him what he had prepared for the art of writing. He answered that he had nothing but the memorising of the Qur'an and the book al-Hamasa. Ibn al-Khallal said that this was sufficient eloquence. Ibn Khallikan doubted the report, because al-Qadi al-Fadil did not enter Egypt until the days of al-Zafir 2.
Death
He lived a long time, and in the last part of his life he was harmed and kept to his house. He died in Jumada al-Akhira of the year 566 AH 3.
Connections
- Lived in
- Cairo
People and things also explored
Al-Azhar Mosque· The Dar al-Hikma of Cairo· Baybars takes the sultanate, 658 AH· Capture of Cairo· death of Asad al-Dīn Shīrkūh — Saladin chosen vizier in his place· The great earthquake of Egypt, 608 AH· Egypt's famine and epidemic, 695· Four madhhab qadis appointed in Egypt, 663
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , p. 219-224
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , p.219-220
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , p.219, 224
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “الموفق ابن الخلال”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yusuf-ibn-al-khallal-al-muwaffaq/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.