ibn al-Azraq

{{Short description|Andalusian scholar and jurist}}

{{Other uses|Ibn al-Azraq al-Fariqi|Nafi ibn al-Azraq}}

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| name = Ibn al-Azraq

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| religion = Islam

| denomination = Sunni

| school = Maliki

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| birth_name = Abū 'Abd-Allāh Ibn al-Azraq

| birth_date = 1427

| birth_place = Málaga, Al-Andalus

| death_date = 1491

| death_place = Jerusalem

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| nationality = Andalusian

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| occupation = Jurist, Judge

| notable_works = Marvel of State Conduct, and the Nature of Authority

| influences = Ibn Khaldun

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| title = Supreme Judge of Granada

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Abū 'Abd-Allāh Ibn al-Azraq ({{Langx|ar|ابن الأزرق}}) was a Muslim jurist born in Málaga, Al Andalus in 1427.[https://books.google.com/books?id=td3XttHLGsEC&pg=PA190 The Islamic Conception of Justice Majid Khadduri, R. K. Ramazani p.190]

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. 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.

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.[https://books.google.com/books?id=_j5mR3MHOBwC&pg=PA64 The Muslims of Valencia in the age of Fernando and Isabel by Mark D. Meyerson p.64ff][https://books.google.com/books?id=4AuJvd2Tyt8C&pg=PA312 The Cambridge history of Islam by P. M. Holt, Peter Malcolm Holt, Ann K. S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis p.312][https://books.google.com/books?id=7QJygx-jbKcC&pg=PA335 Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614 by Leonard Patrick Harvey p.335] 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. As his mission was fruitless, he remained in the Orient, and became judge in Jerusalem in 1491. He died the same year after a few months.