Ibn Abī Zar‘ and Rawd al-Ḳirtās

Subject Areas : The Journal of Islamic History and Civilisation

یونس فرهمند ¹ (ندارد)

Received: 2006-12-06 Accepted : 2007-02-19 Published : 2007-02-20

Keywords: local histories, Ibn Abī Zar‘, Marinids, Rawd al-Ḳirtās, maghribi&#x0D, &#x0D, historiography, Fez,

Abstract :

This article is a survey of one of the most important local historical books ofmaghrib especially in Marinid’s period, entitled al- Anīs al-Mutrib bi Rawdal-Ḳirtās fī Akhbār Mulūk al-Maghrib wa Ta’rīkh Madīna Fās.This article is to recognize the real author’s identity, considering differentviews regarding this questionable subject, and also to represent method ofcomposition, the style of writing, the author’s resources and status of thework among the same historical writings of Marinid’s era by revisingcontext of the book, and then comes to conclusion that ’Abulhasan b.Abdullā b. Abī Zar‘ was the author of at least the main part of the book or itsdraft. Since Marinids and Fez were brought under consideration, the workwas imbued with genealogy and flattery. Whereas the author used to live atthe age of Christian reconquest of Andalus, he recorded in a simple andfluent prose, valuable details of the event, especially the last wars betweenthe Muslim and Christian in Marinid’s era.Finally it should be pointed that the author took advantage of coins,epigraphs, written sources and his eye observations well, to interpret thehistorical matters.