Ibn Lahi'a

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.

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

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 massive 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]

See also

References
  1. Brockopp, Jonathan (2020-12-01). "Ibn Lahīʿa". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE.
  2. 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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