Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Kindi
Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Kindi | |
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| Born | January 18, 897 Egypt |
| Died | October 16, 961 Hanafi |
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| Known for | Arab Historian and Islamic Scholar |
Abu Umar Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Kindi (
Arabic: أبو عمر محمد بن يوسف الكندي) (January 18, 897 – October 16, 961) was a prominent Arab historian, genealogist, and hadith scholar. He studied under the most famous hadith scholar of his time, imam al-Nasa'i.[1]
Biography
A descendant of the tribe of
Hanafi school of jurisprudence. He died in Fustat in 961 and was succeeded in his literary work by his son Umar.[2][3][4]
Al-Kindi is chiefly famous for his two surviving works, Tasmiyat Wulat Misr ("The Enumeration of the Rulers of Egypt") and Al-Qudat ("The Judges"), which together represent a key source of Egyptian provincial history and its political and legal institutions during the early
caliphs and the major events that took place during their administrations, covers the period from the Islamic conquest in 641 until the death of Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid in 946, with a supplemental continuation by an unknown author extending to the coming of the Fatimids in 969. Judges is dedicated to the succession of Egyptian qadis from 661 until 861, with two continuations that extend to the mid-eleventh century. Both works represent an early example of provincial historiography and have been used extensively by later authors.[2][3][5]
The two works are preserved in a manuscript held by the British Museum. An edited version was published under the title The Governors and Judges of Egypt by Rhuvon Guest in 1912.[2][3]
List of works
- "The Western Contingents" (Al-Jund al-Gharbi or al-Ajnād al-Gharabāʾ)
- "The Book of the Moat and Rests" (Kitāb al-Khandaq wa-al-Tarāwīḥ) — Possibly concerning the moat dug by
- "Sites" (Al-Khiṯaṯ) — Likely an account of various sites in Fustat
- "The History of the Great Mosque of the People of the Standard" (Akhbār Masjid Ahl al-Rāyah al-Aẓam) — Regarding the Mosque of Amr ibn al-Asin Fustat
- "The Life of al-Sari ibn al-Hakam" or "The Life of Marwan ibn al-Ja'd" (Sīrat al-Sarī ibn al-Ḥakam / Marwān ibn al-Ja'd) — Presumably a biography of either the ninth century Egyptian governor al-Sari ibn al-Hakam or the last Umayyad caliph Marwan ibn Muhammad al-Ja'di
- "The Book of Clients" (Kitāb al-Mawālī) — Likely an account of important Egyptian mawali
- "The Enumeration of the Rulers of Egypt" or "The Rulers of Egypt" (Tasmiyat Wulāt Miṣr or ʾUmarāʾ Miṣr)
- "The Judges" (Al-Quḍat)[3][6]
Another surviving work, the "Virtues of Egypt" (Faḍāʿil Miṣr) is sometimes attributed to al-Kindi, but is believed to have instead been produced by his son Umar.[7]
Notes
- ^ المقريزي, أحمد بن علي (2009). تاريخ المقريزي الكبير المسمى (المقفى الكبير). بيروت، لبنان: دار الكتب العلمية. p. 497.
- ^ a b c Gordon 2006, p. 440.
- ^ a b c d Rosenthal 1986, p. 121.
- ^ Guest 1912, pp. 5–7.
- ^ Guest 1912, pp. 10–13.
- ^ Guest 1912, pp. 8–13.
- ^ Guest 1912, p. 14.
References
- Gordon, Matthew S. (2006). "Kindi, Al-". In Meri, Josef W. (ed.). Medieval Islamic Civilization, An Encyclopedia: Volume 1, A - K, Index. New York and Great Britain: Routledge. pp. 440–441. ISBN 978-0-415-96690-0.
- Guest, Rhuvon (1912). Introduction. The Governors and Judges of Egypt. By Al-Kindi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf. Guest, Rhuvon (ed.). Leydon and London: E. J. Brill.
- Tillier, Mathieu (2012). Introduction. Histoire des cadis égyptiens. By Al-Kindi. French translation by Mathieu Tillier. Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale.
- ISBN 978-90-04-07819-2.
See also
- List of Islamic historians
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