Mohammed al-Baydhaq
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Mohammed abu Bakr ibn Ali al Sanhaji al Baydhaq (died after 1164) was a companion of Ibn Tumart
and chronicler of the Almohads. Al Baydhaq (meaning pawn) was his nickname, because he was small in stature. He was a Berber from the Senhaja.
The title of his main work is: Al moqtabass min kitabi al anssab fi maärifati al ashab (written ca. 1150).
Ibn Tumart
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad Ibn Tumart was a Berber religious Muslim scholar, teacher and later a political leader from the Masmuda tribe federation. He founded the Berber Almohad dynasty. He is also known as El-Mahdi in reference to his prophesied redeeming...
and chronicler of the Almohads. Al Baydhaq (meaning pawn) was his nickname, because he was small in stature. He was a Berber from the Senhaja.
The title of his main work is: Al moqtabass min kitabi al anssab fi maärifati al ashab (written ca. 1150).
External links
- Al kindi catalogue http://alkindi.ideo-cairo.org/controller.php?action=SearchAuteur&vedetteId=5782&lang=en
- An annotated guide to Arabic autobiographical writings (ninth to nineteenth centuries c.e.)http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft2c6004x0&doc.view=content&chunk.id=d0e9049&toc.depth=100&anchor.id=0&brand=eschol