78 results for “andalus”
...combined Arab-Berber forces. The new territory was named al-Andalus and would become one of the most brilliant centers of Islam...
...ber 732 CE between the forces of the Umayyad governor of al-Andalus, Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi, and the Frankish forces under Ch...
...aped the carnage and after years of wandering arrived in al-Andalus, where he established the Umayyad Emirate in Cordoba, prese...
...ge and eventually made contact with Umayyad loyalists in al-Andalus. Landing near Almunecar on the Andalusian coast in 138 AH, ...
The conquest of Al-Andalus was one of the most rapid territorial acquisitions in Islam...
...ish heartland. Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi, the governor of Al-Andalus, led a large raiding expedition deep into Francia, sacking ...
...ily, with the exception of Abd al-Rahman, who escaped to Al-Andalus and established an independent Umayyad emirate there. The b...
...s. The Almohads under Caliph al-Nasir had recovered much of Andalusia after their victory at Alarcos in 1195, but a coalition o...
...rs, most of the Iberian Peninsula was under Muslim rule. Al-Andalus became one of the most advanced civilizations in medieval E...
...came an iconic symbol of Islamic civilization in Europe. Al-Andalus became a beacon of coexistence and learning.
Abu Muhammad Ali ibn Hazm, the greatest scholar of the Zahiri (literalist) school, died in exile in southern Spain. His encyclopedic works include al-Muhalla (c
Abu Marwan ibn Zuhr, the renowned Andalusian physician, died in Seville. His medical text introduced ...
...erroes) of Cordoba, the last great Muslim philosopher of al-Andalus, died in Marrakesh. His commentaries on Aristotle and his d...
Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn Rushd, the great Andalusian philosopher, jurist, and physician, died in Marrakech. H...
Berber Muslim military commander who led the Umayyad conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in 92 AH (711 CE). The Rock of Gibraltar (Jabal Tariq) is named after him
...lar of the Levant whose madhab was dominant in Syria and al-Andalus before being replaced.
A leading Maliki scholar of al-Andalus, author of at-Tamhid and al-Istiab on companion biographies...
Andalusian scholar and founder of the Zahiri school in al-Andalus, ...
Maliki judge and scholar of Seville, author of Ahkam al-Quran on legal rulings from the Quran.
Andalusian Maliki jurist and philosopher, author of Bidayat al-Mujt...
Author of al-Jami li-Ahkam al-Quran, a major tafsir focused on legal rulings derived from the Quran.
Andalusian grammarian and author of al-Alfiyyah (the Thousand-Line ...
Andalusian Maliki jurist and mufassir who authored at-Tashil li Ulu...
Maliki scholar who pioneered the study of Maqasid ash-Shariah (objectives of Islamic law) in his work al-Muwafaqat.
Leading authority on Quranic recitations (qira'at) and author of 'at-Taysir,' a foundational text in the science of Quranic readings.
Andalusian Maliki jurist and hadith master, author of 'at-Tamhid' a...
Andalusian Maliki scholar and author of 'at-Tashil li Ulum at-Tanzi...
Andalusian-Egyptian grammarian and mufassir, author of 'al-Bahr al-...
Known as 'ash-Shaykh al-Akbar' (the Greatest Master), one of the most influential and controversial figures in Islamic mysticism.
Maliki judge of Ceuta and author of 'ash-Shifa bi Ta'rif Huquq al-Mustafa,' the most celebrated work on the rights and honor of the Prophet Muhammad.
The Umayyad governor of al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) who led the famous invasion of Francia (114...
...sion of the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah, the conquest of al-Andalus (Spain) by Tariq ibn Ziyad and Musa ibn Nusayr, and the con...
Called al-Shaykh al-Akbar (the Greatest Master), an Andalusian scholar settled in Damascus (560-638 AH) and the most co...
The first great Maliki scholar of al-Andalus, who transmitted the school from the East and established i...
...f the philosopher Averroes, the leading Maliki jurist of al-Andalus, author of al-Muqaddimat al-Mumahhidat.
Andalusian Maliki scholar who settled in Alexandria, author of Sira...
Major Andalusian Maliki scholar and hadith master, author of al-Muntaqa f...
Andalusian philosopher and jurist; his commentaries on Aristotle sh...
...ensive collection of Maliki fatwas from North Africa and al-Andalus.
Andalusian scholar who composed Hirz al-Amani (al-Shatibiyyah), the...
The great Andalusian traveler and poet. His Rihlah (travel account) is one of...
The greatest scholar of Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh) after al-Ghazali. His al-Muwafaqat revolutionized usul al-fiqh by developing the concept of maqasid
The greatest Islamic philosopher and Aristotle's chief commentator. A practicing Maliki jurist. His philosophical works profoundly influenced medieval European
Author of al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Quran (Tafsir al-Qurtubi), the most comprehensive Maliki Quranic commentary focusing on legal rulings extracted from the Quran.
Leading Maliki jurist of al-Andalus and grandfather of the philosopher Averroes (Ibn Rushd).
Andalusian Maliki scholar and the primary transmitter of the Muwatt...
Greatest Arab geographer, who created the most accurate map of the world in the 12th century for King Roger II of Sicily.
Leading Maliki scholar of al-Andalus. His Ahkam al-Quran is the major Maliki commentary on Quran...
Zahirite scholar of al-Andalus. His al-Muhalla is the encyclopedic fiqh text of the Zahiri...
Moroccan historian of al-Andalus. His Nafh al-Tib is the most comprehensive history of Islam...
Andalusian Maliki scholar whose al-Muharrar al-Wajiz is the most sc...
Maliki scholar of Granada whose al-Muwafaqat is the foundational text on Maqasid al-Shariah (objectives of Islamic law).
Andalusian Maliki jurist who transmitted Malik's Muwatta to Spain; ...
...he Maliki perspective. Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi, the prominent Andalusian judge and scholar (not to be confused with the Sufi Ibn ...
...(Averroes). A unique work of comparative fiqh by the famous Andalusian philosopher and jurist. Rather than advocating one schoo...
...Prophet Muhammad. Qadi Iyad, the great Maliki scholar of al-Andalus, compiled everything related to the Prophet's sublime chara...
...sively covers Arabic grammar and morphology. Ibn Malik, the Andalusian grammarian, condensed the entire science of Arabic nahw ...
...l Islamic literature. Ibn Hazm, the great Zahiri scholar of Andalusia, critically examines Judaism, Christianity, Zoroastrianis...
By Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi. The most important work of Zahiri (literalist) jurisprude...
By Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi. Ibn Hazm's articulation of Zahiri legal methodology, reje...
...nts the spread of the Maliki school across North Africa, al-Andalus, Egypt, and other regions with detailed scholarly profiles.
By Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi. The magnum opus of Zahiri (literalist) jurisprudence, cov...
...bd al-Barr. A comprehensive Maliki fiqh manual by the great Andalusian hadith scholar Ibn Abd al-Barr. Unlike his other works w...
By Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi. The most comprehensive work of Zahiri (literalist) jurisp...
Eight centuries of Muslim rule in Iberia: Cordoba, convivencia, architecture, scholarship, and the Reconquista.
The rise, flourishing, and fall of Islamic civilization on the Iberian Peninsula, spanning nearly 800 years of cultural exchange.
The Andalusian physician who wrote al-Tasrif, a 30-volume medical encyc...
The centuries-long Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula and the end of Muslim rule in Spain in 1492 CE.
The intellectual flourishing of Muslim Spain, the Great Mosque of Cordoba, the library of al-Hakam II, and the cultural exchange between Muslims, Christians, an
The scholar of Cordoba who authored works on theology, jurisprudence, comparative religion, and love, and founded the Zahiri school's most systematic articulati
The 9th-century Andalusian polymath who made one of the earliest known attempts at ...
The Andalusian philosopher, jurist, and physician whose commentaries on...