Ya'qubi
ʾAbū l-ʿAbbās ʾAḥmad bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ al-Yaʿqūbī | |
|---|---|
| Born | Baghdad,Abbasid Caliphate |
| Died | AH 284 (AD 897–898)[1][2] |
| Occupation | writer, traveller and historian |
| Language | Arabic |
| Period | Islamic Golden Age (Abbasid era) |
| Genre | History and geography |
| Notable works | Ta'rikh ibn WadihandKitab 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 |
ʾAbū al-ʿAbbās ʾAḥmad bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ al-Yaʿqūbī[a](died 897/8), commonly referred to simply by hisnisbaal-Yaʿqūbī,was an Arab[3][4][5][6]Muslimgeographer.[7]
Life
[edit]Ya'qubi was born inBaghdad[3]to a family of noble background, his great-grandfather wasWadih,the freedman of thecaliphAl-Mansurand ruler of Egypt during the reign ofal-Mahdi.[8][9]Until 873, he lived inArmeniaandKhorasan,working under the patronage of theTahiridGovernors; then he traveled to India, Egypt and theMaghreb.[8]In 872, he listed the kingdoms ofBilād as-Sūdān,includingGhana,Gao,andKanem.[10]
His methodical approach to writing history includes personal observations and interviews to close relations on topics that Yaqubi could not encounter first-hand. He covered topics of natural, human and economic geography as well as noting down cultural, historical and topographic information.[9]
His sympathies withAhl al-Bayt[11]are found throughout his works.[12]
He died in Egypt onAH284 (897/8).[2]
Works
[edit]- Ta'rikh ibn Wadih(Chronicle of Ibn Wadih)
- Kitab al-Buldan(Book of the Countries) - biology, contains a description of theMaghreb,with a full account of the larger cities and much topographical and political information (ed.M. de Goeje,Leiden, 1892).[8]
Editions
[edit]- Gordon, Mathew S. and al. (2018).The Works Of Ibn Wāḍiḥ Al Yaʿqūbī.Brill. pp. Vol 1, 2, 3.ISBN9789004364165.
- Ya'qubi(1861). A. W. T. Juynboll (ed.).Kitab al-Buldan(in Arabic). BRILL.
Notes
[edit]References
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- ^abZaman, Muhammad Qasim (1960–2009).The encyclopaedia of Islam.H. A. R. Gibb, P. J. Bearman (II. ed.). Leiden: Brill. pp. 257–258.ISBN90-04-16121-X.OCLC399624.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-09-25.Retrieved2021-10-08.
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- ^Universalis, Encyclopædia."AL YA'QUBI".Encyclopædia Universalis.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-05-09.Retrieved2021-06-17.
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- ^Thatcher 1911.
- ^abcOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Thatcher, Griffithes Wheeler (1911). "Ya'qūbī".InChisholm, Hugh(ed.).Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 904.
- ^abDaly, Okasha El (2005).Egyptology: The Missing Millennium: Ancient Egypt in Medieval Arabic Writings.Psychology Press. p. 166.ISBN978-1-84472-063-7.
- ^Levtzion, Nehemia(1973).Ancient Ghana and Mali.New York: Methuen & Co Ltd. p. 3.ISBN0841904316.
- ^Camilla Adang,Muslim Writers on Judaism and the Hebrew Bible: From Ibn Rabban to Ibn Hazm,(E.J. Brill, 1996), 37.
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