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, ʿAbd Allāh b. Aḥmad , a Fāṭimid dāʿī , author of Kitāb Ak̲h̲bār al-Nūba wa ’l-Muḳurra wa ʿAlwa wa ’l-Bud̲j̲a wa ’l-Nīl . He was sent on a special mission to Nubia by D̲j̲awhar al-Siḳillī [ q.v.], probably in 365/975. He persuaded King George of Nubia to resume the delivery of the baḳt [ q.v.], which had lately been withheld, but failed in debate to convert the court to Islam. He travelled into the southern Nubian kingdom of ʿAlwa, but there is no evidence that he actually toured the country of the Bud̲j̲a. His book is known only from excerpts transcribed by al-Maḳrīzī in al-K̲h̲iṭaṭ …

, ʿAbd Allāh b. Aḥmad, dāʿī fāṭimide, auteur du Kitāb Ak̲h̲bār al-Nūba wa-l-Muḳurra wa-l-ʿAlwa wa-l-Bud̲j̲a wa-l-Nīl. Il fut chargé d’une mission spéciale en Nubie par Ḏj̲awhar al-Siḳillī [ q.v.], probablement en 365/975, et convainquit le roi Georges de Nubie de reprendre la livraison du baḳṭ [ q.v.] qui venait d’être suspendue, mais ne parvint pas, au cours de son ambassade, à convertir la cour à l’Islam. Il voyagea dans le royaume nubien méridional de ʿAlwa mais rien n’indique qu’il ait effectivement visité le pays des Bud̲j̲a. Son ouvra…