About Ibn Abi Zar
Lived 1250 – 1326 (aged 75–76). Ibn Abi Zar was a historian.
Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī Zarʿ al-Fāsī (d. between 1310 and 1320) is the commonly presumed original author of the popular and influential medieval history of the Maghreb known as Rawd al-Qirtas, said to have been written at the instigation of Marinid Sultan Abu Sa'id Uthman II.
His full nasab is sometimes given as ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi Zar and sometimes as ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Abi Zar. The uncertainty about his name and authorship of the Rawd is caused by the many variant manuscripts in circulation since the Middle Ages. Very little is known about his life except that he was evidently a scholar at Fes.
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Who was Ibn Abi Zar?
14th-century Maghrebi historian
When was Ibn Abi Zar born?
Ibn Abi Zar was born in 1250 in Fez.
When did Ibn Abi Zar die?
Ibn Abi Zar died in 1326.
What was Ibn Abi Zar's occupation?
Ibn Abi Zar was a historian.
What nationality was Ibn Abi Zar?
Ibn Abi Zar's recorded nationality: Marinid dynasty.
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