Ibn al-Qatta

Īsā Ibn Saʿīd al-Yaḥṣubī (; died 397 AH (1006 AD)), better known as Ibn al-Qaṭṭāʿ , was a 10th-century Andalusi Arab katib (; ) and wazir (; ) of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba.

Biography Ibn al-Qatta' was born in the region of Priego (located in the present-day province of Cordoba) to a family of humble status. They descended from the al-Najjar clan, a branch of an Arab tribe known as Banu al-Jaziri which settled in the Iberian peninsula following the Umayyad conquest. Ibn al-Qatta' was first appointed to the position of vizier during the reign of the Umayyad caliph Hisham II and the de facto ruler of this period, Hisham's chamberlain, Almanzor (d. 1002). Subsequently, Ibn al-Qatta' would continue in his position as a vizier under the rule of Almanzor's successor and son, al-Muzaffar (d. 1008).