Ibn al-Tiqtaqa
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Ibn al-Tiqtaqa | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1262 CE |
| Died | 1309 CE |
| Occupations | Historian, Naqib of Alids |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Medieval Islamic period |
| Main interests | Islamic history, Political philosophy |
| Notable works | Al-Fakhri |
Ṣafī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ṭabāṭabā (Arabic: محمد بن علي بن طباطبا العلوي; 1262–1309), also known as Ibn al-Tiqtaqa, was a historian and naqib of Alids in Ḥilla.[1]
He was a direct descendant of Ḥasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Ṭalib. According to E.G. Browne's English version of Mīrzā Muhammad b. ‛Abudi’l-Wahhāb-i—Qazwīni's edition of ‛Alā-ad-Dīn ‛Ata Malik-i-Juwaynī's Ta’rīhh-i-Jahān Gushā (London 1912, Luzac, p.ix), Ibn al-Tiqtaqā's name was Safiyu’d-Din Muhammad ibn ‛Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Tabātabā.
Around 1302 he wrote a popular compendium of Islamic history called al-Fakhri.[2][3]
According to the political scientist Vasileios Syros, the philosophy of ibn al-Ṭabāṭabā can be compared to that of Niccolò Machiavelli.[4]
