Abd al-Aziz ibn Shaddad
ʿIzz al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Shaddād ibn Tamīm ibn al-Muʿizz ibn Bādīs (d. after 1186), known as ʾAbū al-Gharīb ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Sanhāji or Abū l-ʿArab al-Qayrawānī, was a Zirid chronicler and prince of the Zirid dynasty.
Biography
Abd al-Aziz ibn Shaddad's birth date is not known.{{Sfn|Johns|2002|p=87}} He was a member of the Zirid dynasty, the grandson of Tamim ibn al-Mu'izz and nephew of Yahya ibn Tamim. He was part of the entourage of the last Zirid ruler al-Hasan ibn Ali since he said that he had consulted a book of the library of this sultan.{{Sfn|Idris|1962|p=XVIII}} In 1148, the city of al-Mahdiyya was captured by George of Antioch. Ibn Shaddad probably fled the city with al-Hasan to the court of the Almohad caliph Abd al-Mu'min.{{Sfn|Johns|2002|p=87}} In 1156-1157, he was at the sicilian city Palermo. He went to Syria, where he settled at Damascus no later than 1175-1176. In this later city he communicated his grandfather Tamim's Diwan to the scholar Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani. He was still there in 1186 as he recorded the testimony of a citizen of al-Mahdiyya on Ifriqya's events the same year.{{Sfn|Idris|1962|p=XVIII}}{{Sfn|Talbi|1986|p=933}}
Works
Ibn Saddad was the author of a chronicle of Kairouan whose full title was:{{Sfn|Idris|1962|p=XIX}}{{Sfn|Talbi|1986|p=933}}
- Kitab al-Jam' wa 'l-bayan fi akhbar al-Qayrawan wa fi man fiha wa fi sa'ir bilad al-Maghrib min al-mulukwa 'l-a'yan or Kitab al-Jam' wa 'l-Bayan fi akhbar al-Maghrib wa 'l-Qayrawan
({{lang|ar| الجمع والبيان في أخبار القيروان وما فيها وفي سائر بلاد المغرب من الملوك والأيام}})
This work was used as a primary source by Abu'l-Fida, Ibn al-Athir, Ibn Idhari, Ibn Khaldun, Ibn Khallikan, al-Tijani, al-Maqrizi and al-Nuwayri.{{Sfn|Idris|1962|p=XIX}}{{Sfn|Johns|2002|p=87}} And the 17th-century historian of Kairouan, Ibn Abi Dinar regretted not using his work.{{Sfn|Idris|1962|p=XIX}}
Another work he wrote was a chronicle of Sicily, both of this works are now lost.{{Sfn|Talbi|1986|p=933}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{Cite book|title=La Berbérie Orientale sous les Zirides, Xème-XIIème siècles|last=Idris|first=Hady Roger|publisher=Adrien-Maisonneuve|year=1962|isbn=|location=|pages=|language=fr}}
- {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXXYfJ9woRwC|title=Arabic Administration in Norman Sicily: The Royal Diwan|last=Johns|first=Jeremy|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2002|isbn=978-1-139-44019-6|location=|pages=|language=en}}
- {{Cite encyclopedia|year=1986|title=Ibn S̲h̲addād|encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Islam|publisher=E. J. BRILL|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/ibn-shaddad-SIM_3366|last=Talbi|first=M.|orig-year=1971|publication-place=Leiden, Netherlands|edition=2nd|volume=III|page=|isbn=9004081186|editor1-last=Lewis|editor1-first=B.|editor1-link=Bernard Lewis|editor2-last=Ménage|editor2-first=V. L.|editor2-link=Victor Louis Ménage|editor3-last=Pellat|editor3-first=C.|editor3-link=Charles Pellat|editor4-last=Schacht|editor4-first=J.|editor4-link=Joseph Schacht|authorlink=Mohamed Talbi}}
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