Ibn al-Abbār, al-Quḍāʿī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Ávila, María Luisa
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Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdallāh b. Abī Bakr b. ʿAbdallāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Aḥmad b. Abī Bakr al-Quḍāʿī , known as Ibn al-Abbār (596-658/1198-1260), was an Andalusī historian, writer, poet, politician, and author of al-Takmila li-Kitāb al-Ṣila , among other works. He was secretary (kātib) to the last Almohad governors of Valencia, Muḥammad b. Abī Ḥafṣ b. ʿAbd al-Muʾmin (r. 581-94/1186-98 and 607-15/1210-19) and his son, the well-known Abū Zayd (Ceyt Abu Ceyt in