About Abu Abdallah ibn Askar
Lived 1529 – 1579 (aged 49–50). Abu Abdallah ibn Askar was a Moroccan historian.
Ibn Askar or Abu Abdallah Mohammed ibn Ali ibn Omar ibn Husain ibn Misbah ibn Askar (1529–1579) was a Moroccan historian, author of Dawhat al-Nashir li-Mahasin man kana min al-Maghrib min Ahl al-Karn al-ashir, a hagiographic dictionary, composed about the year 1575 which gives a comprehensive picture of the Jazulliya order and its offshoots. Ibn Askar died in the battle of Ksar al-Kebir. (He is not to be confused with the Andalusian Ibn Askar (d. 1238), author of Alam Malaqa.)
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Who was Abu Abdallah ibn Askar?
Moroccan historian
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Abu Abdallah ibn Askar was born in 1529.
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Abu Abdallah ibn Askar died in 1579.
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Abu Abdallah ibn Askar was a historian.
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Abu Abdallah ibn Askar was Moroccan.
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· Wikipedia: Abu Abdallah ibn Askar
· DBpedia: Muhammad ibn 'Askar
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