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Dhu al-Wizaratayn
Ibn Abi al-Khisal
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| إبن أبي الخصال | |
| Born | c. 1072 Las Gorgillitas
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| Died | c. 1146 |
| Era | Almoravid, Islamic Golden Age in al-Andalus |
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Notable work
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Dhil al-Ghimamah (ظل الغمامة) |
Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad ibn Masʿūd ibn Ṭayyib ibn Faraj ibn Khalaṣa(or Khāliṣa) al-Ghāfiqī al-Shaquri (Arabic: أبو عبدالله محمد بن مسعود بن الطيّب بن فرج بن خلاصة الغافقي الشقوري) (d. 540 AH) (d. 1146 AD) better known as Ibn Abi'l-Khisal (إبن أبي الخصال), was a prominent Andalusi secretary, historian, scholar of ḥadīth and poet. He is referred to as Dhu al-Wizaratayn (ذو الوزارتين; lit. 'holder of two ministerial responsibilities'), an honorific given to senior ministers in medieval Islamic world.
Biography
Ibn Abi al-Khisal was most likely born in 1072 in the village of Las Gorgillitas near Segura, where he spent his early years. His nisba al-Ghafiqi shows his ethnic association to the Arab tribe of Ghafiq which settled in the Andalus after accompanying the army of Musa ibn Nusayr (d. 716) that crossed to al-Andalus. While al-Shaquri indicates his geographical affiliation to the region of Segura (in Arabic: شقورة, romanized: shaqura). After working in the Taifa courts, he moved to the city of Cordoba, which at the time was under the rule of the Almoravids dynasty. As a Katib (كاتب; lit. 'Secretary') Ibn Abi al-Khisal worked in the court of the Almoravid governor of Cordoba, Muhammad ibn al-Hajj (c. 1090–1106), alongside Abu Muhammad ibn al-Sid (1052–1127), a renowned contemporary Katib. Later in his life, Ibn Abi al-Khisal was appointed as a secretary along with his brother Abu Marwan in the court of the Almoravid Ali ibn Yusuf ibn Tashfin (r. 1106 – 1143) at Marrakesh, the capital city of the Almoravids. Ibn Abi al-Khisal would become the most celebrated Katib among his contemporaries, and was considered the heir to the Andalusi tradition of ornate insha', while also being a respected scholar of Hadith, earning him the honorific title Dhu'l-wizaratayn, however, no sources specify the exact nature of these two offices. His death occurred in 1146 AD in Cordoba.
Works
According to the historian al-Zirikli, Abi'l-Khisal works includes:
- Tarasuleh wa Shi'reh (ترسله وشعره)
- Dhil al-Ghimamah (ظل الغمامة)
- Minhaj al-Minqab (منهاج المناقب)
- Manaqib al-'Ishrah wa Ami al-Rasul Allah (مناقب العشرة وعمي رسول الله)
See also
In Spanish: Abd Allah Muhammad Ibn-Abil Jisal para niños
- List of pre-modern Arab scientists and scholars
