Summary
Abū 'Abd-Allāh Ibn al-Azraq (Arabic: ابن الأزرق) was a Muslim jurist born in Málaga, Al Andalus in 1427.[1]
Educated in law in Málaga and Granada, he became a judge in Guadix, Málaga, and finally became the Supreme Judge of Granada under Sultan Abu al-Hasan.[1] Ibn al-Azraq wrote a book on statecraft, in which he commented the work of Ibn Khaldun, entitled Marvel of State conduct, and the nature of authority.[1]
In 1487, he was sent by the Nasrid dynasty as an envoy to Mamluk Egypt, in order to obtain help against the Spanish offensive against Granada.[2][3][4] At the same time, two envoys were sent to the Ottoman Empire, with the same request for help, one from Xàtiva, and a certain Pacoret from Paterna.[2] As his mission was fruitless, he remained in the Orient, and became judge in Jerusalem in 1491.[1] He died the same year after a few months.[1]
Notes edit
- ^ a b c d e The Islamic Conception of Justice Majid Khadduri, R. K. Ramazani p.190
- ^ a b The Muslims of Valencia in the age of Fernando and Isabel by Mark D. Meyerson p.64ff
- ^ The Cambridge history of Islam by P. M. Holt, Peter Malcolm Holt, Ann K. S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis p.312
- ^ Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614 by Leonard Patrick Harvey p.335