Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Abdallah Ibn al-Abbar

ابن الأبّار البلنسي (Known as "Ibn al-Abbar")

Historian, Poet, Grand Vizier and Secretary of the Hafsid Court in Tunis

Born Apr 13, 1199

Valencia, Spain

Passed Away Jan 06, 1260 Tunis, Tunisia

Lifespan 60 years old

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"His pen weeping for Valencia found a sanctuary and an empire in Tunis."

Archival Overview

Master Andalusian-Tunisian historian, diplomat, and poet who served as Grand Secretary of the Hafsid Chancery in Tunis, author of Al-Hulla al-Siyara and Al-Takmila.

Biographical Record

Muhammad Ibn al-Abbar was born in Valencia. Following the Castilian reconquest of Valencia, he was sent as an ambassador to Tunis in 1238, where he delivered a breathtaking poetic plea before Hafsid Sultan Abu Zakariya Yahya I that brought the assembly to tears.

Settling permanently in Tunis, Ibn al-Abbar was appointed Grand Vizier and Chief of the Imperial Chancery (Diwan al-Insha). He composed masterworks of biographical historiography including Al-Hulla al-Siyara and Al-Takmila li-Kitab al-Sila, establishing Tunis as the supreme intellectual heir to Andalusian letters.

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Final Resting Place

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Bab al-Jazira Cemetery
Tunis, Tunisia

                         GPS: 36.7952, 10.1752                    

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