Ibn al-Qatta' al-Yahsubi explained

Ibn al-Qatta' al-Yahsubi
إبن القطاع اليحصبي
Other Names:Isa ibn Sa'id
Birth Date:10th century
Birth Place:Priego
Death Date:c. 1006
Death Place:Cordoba
Occupation:Vizier and secretary

Īsā Ibn Saʿīd al-Yaḥṣubī (d. 397 AH) (d. 1006 AD) better known as Ibn al-Qaṭṭāʿ, was a 10th-century Andalusi Arab katib (;) and wazir (;) of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba.[1]

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. He was the son of a schoolmaster in his native town of Priego.[2] 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).[3]

Notes and References

  1. Ávila. María Luisa. 2018-07-01. Ibn al-Qaṭṭāʿ, al-Yaḥṣubī. Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. en.
  2. Pellat. Ch. 2012-04-24. Ibn al-Ḳaṭṭāʿ. Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. en.
  3. Book: al-Abbār, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh Ibn. Kitāb al-ḥullah al-siyarāʼ. 1963. al-Shirkah al-ʻArabīyah lil-Ṭibaʻah wa-al-Nashr. ar.