Ibn Abd-el-Hakem
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Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam was an Egypt
ian chronicler who wrote the History of the Conquest of Egypt and North Africa and Spain.
His work is invaluable as the earliest Arab account of the Islamic conquests of those countries. This work was written about 150-200 years after the events it describes, and therefore mixes fact and legend. It was often quoted by later Islamic historians.
The author's father and brother Muhammad were the leading Egyptian authorities on Maliki
te Islamic law. Although much quoted, he is seldom named because of a family disgrace. He and his brothers were accused of embezzlement of a deceased estate, imprisoned, and one of the brothers died under torture.
, translated into English by John Harris Jones (Gottingen, W. Fr. Kaestner, 1858, pp. 18–22), is available online through the Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian chronicler who wrote the History of the Conquest of Egypt and North Africa and Spain.
His work is invaluable as the earliest Arab account of the Islamic conquests of those countries. This work was written about 150-200 years after the events it describes, and therefore mixes fact and legend. It was often quoted by later Islamic historians.
The author's father and brother Muhammad were the leading Egyptian authorities on Maliki
Maliki
The ' madhhab is one of the schools of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam. It is the second-largest of the four schools, followed by approximately 25% of Muslims, mostly in North Africa, West Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and in some parts of Saudi Arabia...
te Islamic law. Although much quoted, he is seldom named because of a family disgrace. He and his brothers were accused of embezzlement of a deceased estate, imprisoned, and one of the brothers died under torture.
Works
A portion of the book covering the Muslim conquest of SpainUmayyad conquest of Hispania
The Umayyad conquest of Hispania is the initial Islamic Ummayad Caliphate's conquest, between 711 and 718, of the Christian Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania, centered in the Iberian Peninsula, which was known to them under the Arabic name al-Andalus....
, translated into English by John Harris Jones (Gottingen, W. Fr. Kaestner, 1858, pp. 18–22), is available online through the Internet Medieval Sourcebook.