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The gleaner, on the history of the people of al-Andalus, part of The great history Ibn Ḥayyān Date: Probably after 1058-59 Original Language: Arabic Description The Muqtabis is undoubtedly a primary source for reconstructing the history of al-Andalus between the end of the 8th and the end of the 10th centuries. As a supporter of the Umayyads, Ibn Ḥayyān was sharply critical of the fall of this dynasty, the break-up of centralized power, the civil war and lands given over to violence. However, he knew how to adapt himself to the new situation i…

The strong, part of The great history Ibn Ḥayyān Date: Mid-11th century; before 1076 Original Language: Arabic Description This work survives only in quotations from other authors, such as Ibn Bassām, who used it extensively, Ibn al-Abbār and Ibn Sa῾īd. The work was mainly compiled from oral sources that reflect the rich experience of the author, and show he witnessed the events he records. It told the histories of the taifa kingdoms and was not unlike the …

Treasure, on the merits of the people of the Peninsula Ibn Bassām Date: Between 1100 and 1108-9 Original Language: Arabic Description The Dhakhīra is divided into four parts, on litterateurs ( udabā') and poets from Cordova, from western al-Andalus, …

Abū Marwān Ḥayyān ibn Khalaf ibn Ḥusayn ibn Ḥayyān al-Qurṭubī Date of Birth: 987-88 Place of Birth: Cordova Date of Death: 1076 Place of Death: Cordova …

(a.), an administrative function found in mediaeval Islamic Spain.…

La fonction de ṣāḥib al-madīna n’apparaît guère que dans la documentation relative à l’Andalus. Le juriste grenadin Ibn Sahl [ q.v.], dans ses al-Aḥkam al-kubrā, la mentionne parmi les six charges ( khuṭṭa ou «magistratures») traditionnelles, qui donnent à leurs détenteurs le droit de rendre des jugements (le kāḍī, le ṣāḥib al-s̲h̲urṭa, le ṣāḥib al-maẓālim, le ṣāḥib al-radd, le ṣāḥib al-madīna et le ṣāḥib al-sūḳ). D’après le Valencien Ibn al-Abbār [ q.v.], il existait jusqu’au VIIe/XIIe siècle deux magistratures distinctes…

, sing. Ṣaḳlabī, Ṣiḳlabī, the designation in mediaeval Islamic sources for the Slavs and other fair-haired, ruddy-complexioned peoples of Northern Europe (see A.Z. Velidi Togan, Die Schwerter der Germanen , 19-38). 1. The Ṣaḳāliba of Northern and Eastern Europe. The actual name was a borrowing from Middle Greek Σλάβος, “Slav.” this, in turn, is to be connected with the self-designation of the Slavs, Slověne (cf. the Rus’ usage Slověne, Slovyane , Sloven’ski̊y yazi̊k “Slavs”, “Slavic nation” in the Povest’ vremyanni̊k̲h̲ let , in PSRL, i, 5-6, 28, Mod. Russ. Slavyane , Ukr. Slov’yani̊ …

, sing. Ṣaḳlabī, Ṣiḳlabī, dans les sources islamiques du Moyen-Age, désignation des Slaves et d’autres peuples d’Europe du Nord aux cheveux blonds et à la peau colorée (voir A. Z. Velidi Togan, Die Schwerter der Germanen, 19-38). 1. Les Ṣaḳāliba d’Europe du Nord et de l’Est. Le vrai nom des Ṣaḳāliba était «Slave», un mot d’emprunt du grec moyen ΣκλάβοΣ. Celui-ci, à son tour, est à relier à Slovĕne, appellation choisie par les Slaves eux-mêmes (cf. l’emploi par les Rus’ de Slovĕne, Slovyane, Sloven’skiy yazik «Slaves», «nation slave», dans le Povest’ vremyannik̲h̲ let, dans PSRL, I, 5-6, …