Ali ibn Ziyad

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|occupation = Muslim jurist

|era = Abbasid Caliphate

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|name = Ali ibn Ziyad at-Tarabulsi al-Tunisi al-'Absi

|title = Ali ibn Ziyad

| birth_date = Unknown

| birth_place = Tripoli, Muhallabid Dynasty, Abbasid Caliphate

| death_date = 799 CE (183 AH)

| death_place = Tunis, Muhallabid Dynasty, Abbasid Caliphate

|region = Medina and Tunis

|Maddhab = Maliki

|school_tradition = Sunni

|main_interests = Fiqh

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Ali ibn Ziyad at-Tarabulsi al-'Absi (d. 799 CE) (183 AH) ({{langx|ar|علي بن زياد الطرابلسي التونسي العبسي}}), more commonly referred to in Islamic scholarship as Ali ibn Ziyad or Imam al-Tarabulsi, was an 8th-century CE Libyan Muslim jurist from Tripoli. Ibn Ziyad was an important early scholar of the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and a companion of Imam Malik. Ali ibn Ziyad was responsible for bringing the Muwatta of Imam Malik to Ifriqiya.Nasir ud-Deen Muhammad al-Sharif, Al-Jawahir al-Ikliliya fi A'yaan 'Ulama Libya min al-Malikiyya (Amman: Dar al-Bayareeq, 1999), 40. He died in 799 CE and is buried in the remains of the Silsila Cemetery in the Qasba quarter of Tunis's medina (old-town).

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