Ibn al-Azraq

For other uses, see Ibn al-Azraq al-Fariqi and Nafi ibn al-Azraq.

Ibn al-Azraq
Title	Supreme Judge of Granada
Personal life
Born	Abū 'Abd-Allāh Ibn al-Azraq 1427 Málaga, Al-Andalus
Died	1491 Jerusalem
Nationality	Andalusian
Notable work(s)	Marvel of State Conduct, and the Nature of Authority
Occupation	Jurist, Judge
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
School	Maliki
Senior posting
Influenced by Ibn Khaldun

Abū 'Abd-Allāh Ibn al-Azraq (Arabic: ابن الأزرق) was a Muslim jurist born in Málaga, Al Andalus in 1427.^[1]

Educated in law in Málaga and Granada, he became a judge in Guadix, Málaga, and finally became the Supreme Judge of Granada under Sultan Abu al-Hasan.^[1] Ibn al-Azraq wrote a book on statecraft, in which he commented the work of Ibn Khaldun, entitled Marvel of State conduct, and the nature of authority.^[1]

In 1487, he was sent by the Nasrid dynasty as an envoy to Mamluk Egypt, in order to obtain help against the Spanish offensive against Granada.^[2][3][4] At the same time, two envoys were sent to the Ottoman Empire, with the same request for help, one from Xàtiva, and a certain Pacoret from Paterna.^[2] As his mission was fruitless, he remained in the Orient, and became judge in Jerusalem in 1491.^[1] He died the same year after a few months.^[1]

Notes

1. The Islamic Conception of Justice Majid Khadduri, R. K. Ramazani p.190
2. The Muslims of Valencia in the age of Fernando and Isabel by Mark D. Meyerson p.64ff
3. The Cambridge history of Islam by P. M. Holt, Peter Malcolm Holt, Ann K. S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis p.312
4. Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614 by Leonard Patrick Harvey p.335