Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Qadi

أحمد بن محمد بن أبي العافية بن القاضي (Known as "Ibn al-Qadi")

Historian, Biographer, Judge, Author of Durrat al-Hijal and Jadhwat al-Iqtibas

Born Dec 18, 1552

Fez, Morocco

Passed Away 1616 Fez, Morocco

Lifespan 63 years old

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"To record the lives of the virtuous is to grant them a second life among generations unborn."

Archival Overview

Celebrated Moroccan historian, judge, and biographer whose works Jadhwat al-Iqtibas and Durrat al-Hijal provide the definitive biographical records of scholars and nobles in early modern Fez and Morocco.

Biographical Record

Abu al-Abbas Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi was captured at sea by Christian privateers in 1586 and spent eleven months in captivity before being ransomed by Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur, who appointed him court historian and judge in Salé and Fez.

Ibn al-Qadi dedicated his life to documenting Moroccan intellectual history; his biographical dictionaries Jadhwat al-Iqtibas fi Dhikr Man halla min al-A'lam Madinata Fas and Durrat al-Hijal preserve the biographies of over a thousand Moroccan scholars, poets, and statesmen.

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Final Resting Place

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Bab al-Futuh Cemetery
Fez, Morocco

                         GPS: 34.0582, -4.9653                    

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