Ibn al-Azraq

Andalusian scholar and jurist

Abū 'Abd-Allāh Ibn al-Azraq (Arabic: ابن الأزرق) was a Muslim jurist born in Málaga, Al Andalus in 1427.[1]

Educated in law in Málaga and Granada, he became a judge in Guadix, Málaga, and finally became the Supreme Judge of Granada under Sultan Abu al-Hasan.[1] Ibn al-Azraq wrote a book on statecraft, in which he commented the work of Ibn Khaldun, entitled Marvel of State conduct, and the nature of authority.[1]

In 1487, he was sent by the Nasrid dynasty as an envoy to Mamluk Egypt, in order to obtain help against the Spanish offensive against Granada.[2][3][4] At the same time, two envoys were sent to the Ottoman Empire, with the same request for help, one from Xàtiva, and a certain Pacoret from Paterna.[2] As his mission was fruitless, he remained in the Orient, and became judge in Jerusalem in 1491.[1] He died the same year after a few months.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e The Islamic Conception of Justice Majid Khadduri, R. K. Ramazani p.190
  2. ^ a b The Muslims of Valencia in the age of Fernando and Isabel by Mark D. Meyerson p.64ff
  3. ^ The Cambridge history of Islam by P. M. Holt, Peter Malcolm Holt, Ann K. S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis p.312
  4. ^ Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614 by Leonard Patrick Harvey p.335
  • v
  • t
  • e
Muslim scholars of the Maliki School
  • by century (AH
  • CE)
2nd/8th
The Great Mosque of Kairouan in present day Tunisia
3rd/9th
4th/10th
5th/11th
6th/12th
7th/13th
8th/14th
9th/15th
10th/16th
11th/17th
12th/18th
13th/19th
14th/20th15th/21st
Scholars of other Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence
  • Hanafi
  • Hanbali
  • Shafi'i
  • Zahiri
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
International
  • FAST
  • ISNI
    • 2
  • VIAF
    • 2
National
  • Germany
  • Israel
  • United States
  • Poland
Other
  • IdRef


Stub icon

This biographical article about a person notable in connection with Islam is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e
Stub icon

This biographical article about Al-Andalus is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e
Stub icon

This biographical article relating to law is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e