Ibn Juzayy, Abū ʿAbdallāh - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad Ibn Juzayy (d. 757/1356) was an Andalusī court secretary and poet who is today famous because he edited Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's (d. 770/1368-9) account of his riḥla (travelogue). His father was Abū l-Qāsim Muḥammad b. Juzayy (d. 741/1340), a famous Granadan jurist with whom the son studied the Islamic sciences. Later he turned to poetry and the profession of kātib (secretary), serving under the Naṣrid sultan Abū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf (r. 733-55/1333-54). After a dispute with the ruler, he