Abu al-Abbas Ahmad al-Ghubrini
Source: Unwan al-Dirayah (ed. Rabah Bounar)
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Abu al-Abbas Ahmad al-Ghubrini 🇩🇿

أبو العباس أحمد بن أحمد الغبريني (Known as "Al-Ghubrini")
Chronicler, Supreme Qadi of Bejaïa, Author of Unwan al-Dirayah
Born 1246 🇩🇿 Ghubrin / Bejaïa, Algeria
Passed Away 1314 Bejaïa, Algeria
Lifespan 68 years old
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13th-century Chief Judge of Bejaïa and chronicler whose biographical encyclopedia 'Unwan al-Dirayah' documents the intellectual golden age of medieval Algeria.

Biographical Record

Abu al-Abbas al-Ghubrini was born into the Sanhaja Berber tribe of Ghubrin in 1246 and rose to become the Chief Qadi (Supreme Judge) of the maritime metropolis of Bejaïa. Renowned for his encyclopedic learning, he interacted with the greatest scientists, philosophers, mathematicians, and poets of the Maghreb and Andalusia.

His masterwork, 'Unwan al-Dirayah fiman urifa min al-Ulama fi al-Mi'at al-Sabi'ah bi-Bijayah' (Title of Knowledge Concerning Scholars of the Seventh Century in Bejaïa), is a peerless biographical dictionary preserving the lives and discoveries of over one hundred doctors, jurists, and mathematicians, proving Bejaïa's role as a primary gateway of science into Europe.

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Cemetery of Bab al-Bahr
Bejaïa, Algeria
GPS: 36.7522, 5.0861
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