Ismail ibn al-Ahmar
Abū l-Walīd Ismāʿīl ibn Yūsuf Ibn al-Aḥmar (
Marinid dynasty
.
Ismail Ibn al-Ahmar was born in
Marinids
. In addition to his works on history, he composed many works in poetry mainly in the praise of the Marinids and lamenting the feud with his royal cousin in Granada.
Works
Books by Ibn al-Ahmar:
- Rawdat al-nisrin fi dawlat Bani Marin (written in 1404) A defense of Abdalwadid of the Kingdom of Tlemcen.
- Nafha al-nisriniyya
- Nathir faraid al-djuman fi nazm fuhul al-azam, ed. Muhammad Ridwan al-Daya (Beyrouth 1967)
See also
- Ibn abd al-Malik al-Murrakushi
References
- ^ *L'historiographie mérinide: Ibn Khaldūn et ses contemporains by Maya Shatzmiller, ed. E.J. Brill leiden 1982, Troisième Partie: Le retrait et le retour à l'Historiographie Surveillée. Ibn al-Ahmar (1387-1406), pp. 93-106