Muqtabis
work by Ibn Ḥayyān
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The Muqtabis is a historical work by Ibn Ḥayyān of Córdoba, a historian who lived in Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) and died in 1076 CE. The Muqtabis is an anthology of historical texts compiled from the writings of Ibn Ḥayyān's predecessors. While much of the Muqtabis is preserved, Ibn Ḥayyān also authored an original chronicle titled Matīn. This work is a significant source of information about the history of Al-Andalus during the ta'ifa period.1
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