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| Born | Abū al-Muṭarrif Aḥmad bin Abdallāh bin al-Ḥusayn bin Aḥmad Ibn Amīra al-Makhzūmī 1186 |
| Died | 1258 or 1260 |
| Nationality | Andalusian |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, Scholar, Poet |
| Employer | Almohad Sultan |
| Title | Qadi ofMallorca |
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| Era | Almohad period |
| Notable works | Tarij Mayurqa (History of Mallorca) |
Ibn Amira (Arabic:ابن عمیرہ)(1186- 1258/60), full name:Abū al-Muṭarrif Aḥmad bin Abdallāh bin al-Ḥusayn bin Aḥmad Ibn Amīra al-Makhzūmī (Arabic:أبو المطرف أحمد بن عبد الله بن محمد بن الحسين ابن عميرة المخزومي) was ahistorian,poet, andscholar of law fromal-Andalus during the reign of theAlmohad Caliphate.[1] Ibn Amira wasQadi ofMallorca and worked for the Almohad sultan inValencia andSeville. He moved to Morocco in 1239/40 (after the fall of Valencia in 1238) and continued to work for the sultan there.
Ibn Amira al-Makhzumi was born atAlzira in the province ofValencia,Spain. He was born into a well-knownBerber family established in al-Andalus, in Shatiba (nowXàtiva, Valencia), by the eleventh century. He started his studies in Alzira and focused onhadith,fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), and literature. He was taught by some of the most famous scholars of his day, such as the traditionist Abu l-Rabi Ibn Salim and the grammarian al-Shalawbin.[2]
Ibn Amira was also the author of a manuscript about the history of Mallorca,Tarij Mayurqa. The manuscript (written between 1203 and 1232) was translated into Spanish by the historianGuillem Rosselló Bordoy.
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