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Ya'qubi
ʾAbū l-ʿAbbās ʾAḥmad bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ al-Yaʿqūbī[a] (died 897/8), commonly referred to simply by his nisba al-Yaʿqūbī, was an Arab[3][4][5][6] Muslim geographer[7] and perhaps the first historian of world culture in the Abbasid Caliphate.[8]
ʾAbū l-ʿAbbās ʾAḥmad bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ al-Yaʿqūbī | |
|---|---|
| Died | AH 284 (AD 897–898)[1][2] |
| Occupation | Arab writer, traveller and historian |
| Language | Arabic |
| Period | Islamic Golden Age (Abbasid era) |
| Genre | History and geography |
| Notable works | Ta'rikh ibn Wadih and Kitab al-Buldan |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | ʾAḥmad أحمد |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ بن أبي يعقوب بن جعفر بن وهب بن واضح |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | ʾAbū l-ʿAbbās أبو العباس |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Yaʿqūbī اليعقوبي |
Life
He was born in Baghdad[3] as the great-grandson of Wadih, the freedman of the caliph Al-Mansur. Until 873 he lived in Armenia and Khorasan, working under the patronage of the Tahirids Governors; then he traveled to India, Egypt and the Maghreb,[9] and died in Egypt. He died in AH 284 (897/8).[2]
His sympathies with Ahl al-Bayt[10] are found throughout his works.[11]
In 872, he lists the kingdoms of Bilād as-Sūdān, including Ghana, Gao, and Kanem.[12]
Works
- Ta'rikh ibn Wadih (Chronicle of Ibn Wadih)
- Kitab al-Buldan (Book of the Countries) - biology, contains a description of the Maghreb, with a full account of the larger cities and much topographical and political information (ed. M. de Goeje, Leiden, 1892).[9]
Editions
- Gordon, Mathew S. and al. (2018). The Works Of Ibn Wāḍiḥ Al Yaʿqūbī. Brill. pp. Vol 1, 2, 3. ISBN 9789004364165.
- Ya'qubi (1861). A. W. T. Juynboll (ed.). Kitab al-Buldan (in Arabic). BRILL.
Notes
References
- ^ "Muhammad's successor". www.ismaili.net. from the original on 2006-11-26. Retrieved 2006-10-29.
- ^ a b Ya'qubi at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ a b Zaman, Muhammad Qasim (1960–2009). The encyclopaedia of Islam. H. A. R. Gibb, P. J. Bearman (II. ed.). Leiden: Brill. pp. 257–258. ISBN 90-04-16121-X. OCLC 399624. from the original on 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
- ^ "Al-Yaʿqūbī | Arab historian and geographer". from the original on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ Universalis, Encyclopædia. "AL YA'QUBI". Encyclopædia Universalis. from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ "Al-Ya'qubi | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ Thatcher 1911.
- ^ Daly, Okasha El (2005). Egyptology : the missing millennium : ancient Egypt in medieval Arabic writings. London: UCL. p. 166. ISBN 1844720632.
- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Thatcher, Griffithes Wheeler (1911). "Ya'qūbī". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 904.
- ^ Camilla Adang, Muslim Writers on Judaism and the Hebrew Bible: From Ibn Rabban to Ibn Hazm, (E.J. Brill, 1996), 37.
- ^ "al-Yaʿqūbī | Arab historian and geographer | Britannica". www.britannica.com. from the original on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ Levtzion, Nehemia (1973). Ancient Ghana and Mali. New York: Methuen & Co Ltd. p. 3. ISBN 0841904316.
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