Ibn Lahi'a

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Ibn Lahi'a
إبن لهيعة
Bornc. 714/5
Egypt, Umayyad Caliphate
Diedc. 790
Egypt, Abbasid Caliphate
OccupationQadi
Academic background
Academic work
EraIslamic Golden Age, Abbasid era
Main interestsHistory, qadi, hadith

Abū Abd al-Raḥmān Abdallāh Ibn Lahīʿa ibn ʿUqba ibn Furʿān ibn Rabīʿa ibn Thawbān al-Ḥaḍramī al-Aʿdūlī (Arabic: أبوعبدالرحمن عبدالله بن لهيعة بن عقبة بن فرعان بن ربيعة بن ثوبان الحضرمي الأعدولي) (96–174 AH) (714/5–790 AD) more commonly known as Ibn Lahi'a (إبن لهيعة), was an Arab historian, scholar of hadith and Qadi (قاضي; lit. 'judge') of Egypt.[1][2] Famed for being the first judge of Egypt to be appointed directly by a caliph.

Biography[]

Nothing is known about Ibn Lahi'a's early years of his life, except that he was probably born in Egypt in the year 714/5 to a family of Yemeni origin.[1] As a historian and a collector of hadith, Ibn Lahi'a gained fame around Egypt, which at the time was part of the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258). Due to his great reputation of being a respected learned man among his contemporaries, the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur (r. 754–775) personally appointed him to the position of Qadi of Egypt, which he occupied from 772 to 780.[1] The caliph also issued him a payment of 30 dinars per month as a salary. He died in the year 790.[2] According to the medieval encyclopedic work Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' (سير أعلام النبلاء; lit. 'The Lives of Noble Figures') of Al-Dhahabi (d. 1348), Ibn Lahia's library and the books within, were burned in a fire which occurred in the year 786.[3]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c Brockopp, Jonathan (2020-12-01). "Ibn Lahīʿa". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE.
  2. ^ a b Azad, Arezou; Herzig, Edmund (2021-01-21). Faḍāʾil-i Balkh, or The Merits of Balkh: Annotated translation with commentary and introduction of the oldest surviving history of Balkh in Afghanistan. Gibb Memorial Trust. ISBN 978-1-913604-01-1.
  3. ^ Al-Dhahabi, Shams al-Din. "Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'". islamweb.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-02-22.
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