Ibn Hammad

ابن حماد الصنهاجي (Known as "Abu Abdallah ibn Hammad")

Historian, Jurist, Qadi, Chronicler of the Fatimids

Born 1153

Qal'a of Beni Hammad, Algeria

Passed Away 1230 Béjaïa, Algeria

Lifespan ~77 years old

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"History is the mirror where kings see what time will do to their thrones."

Archival Overview

12th-century Algerian historian and qadi born in the Hammadid capital of Beni Hammad, author of the indispensable primary chronicle on the Fatimid Caliphate in North Africa.

Biographical Record

Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Hammad belonged to the princely Hammadid house of the Hodna mountains. Educated in Béjaïa and Tlemcen, he served as a respected Maliki judge in Constantine and Salé.

His celebrated historical work, Akhbar Muluk Bani Ubayd wa Siratuhum, provides modern historians with the most authentic and direct contemporary account of the rise of the Fatimid state, the foundation of Cairo, and the Zirid breakup.

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Final Resting Place

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Béjaïa Scholars Cemetery
Béjaïa, Algeria

                         GPS: 36.7558, 5.0844                    

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