Ibn ʿAbd al-Hakam

Ibn ʿAbd al-Hakam , often also Ibn Abd-el-Hakem (with full nameأبو القاسم عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله بن عبد الحكم Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd ar-Rahmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ibn ʿAbd al-Hakam , DMG Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān b. ʿAbd Allaah b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam ; * approx. 803 in Fustat ; † 871 ), was a Muslim Egyptian historian and lawyer.

Life

Ibn Abd al-Hakam came from a respected family in Fustat. His three brothers reached some high positions and, like their father, became legal scholars. Ibn Abd al-Hakam himself was considered an expert on the hadith . In 851 his family was accused of embezzling large sums of money and was subsequently considered discredited.

Ibn Abd al-Hakam wrote a historical work ( Futūḥ Miṣr wa-aḫbāru-hā ) that deals with Egyptian history from its beginnings to the time of the Arab conquest. The other Arab conquests in North Africa and Spain, questions of financial administration, the holders of the highest office of judges in Egypt and hadith narrators are also taken into account . The work is written from the point of view of an Egyptian Arab who emphasizes the importance of the country. Charles Torrey edited the text in 1922.

literature

• Franz Rosenthal: Ibn Abd Al-Hakam, No. 4 . In: Encyclopaedia of Islam . New Edition . Vol. 3. Brill, Leiden 1986, pp. 674f.
• Christopher James Wright: Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam's "Futuh Misr": An analysis of the text and new insights into the Islamic Conquest of Egypt . Diss. Santa Barbara 2006.