Ismail ibn al-Ahmar’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Moroccan historian
A.K.A. Ismail Ibn Ahmar
Was

Historian 
Poet 

From

Morocco 

Type

Literature 
Social science 

Gender male
Birth 1387
Death 1406
(aged 19 years)

Abu l-Walid Ismail ibn Yusuf Ibn al-Ahmar (Granada? 1324/1326 – Fes 1404/1407) was a Moroccan historian of the fourteenth century, the time of the Marinid dynasty. He was a contemporary of Ibn Khaldun. He was the official historian of the Marinid dynasty.

Ismail Ibn al-Ahmar was born in Granada son of a Nasrid prince. He fled al-Andalus with his father as an infant and took refuge in Morocco where he was welcomed by the rival dynasty of the 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 Marinid policies, attacking the 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)
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