Ibn Rushd, Judge and philosopher of Cordoba: Scholar in Islamic History

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ScholarJudge and philosopher of Cordoba

Ibn Rushdابن رشد

1126-1198 CE (520-595 AH)Cordoba

A Maliki judge of Cordoba whose commentaries on Aristotle made him 'the Commentator' in Europe.

Grandson of a chief judge of Cordoba, he served as judge in Seville and Cordoba and as physician to the Almohad caliph. He wrote Bidayat al-Mujtahid, a classic of comparative fiqh, and The Incoherence of the Incoherence in reply to al-Ghazali. Late in life he was briefly exiled and his books burned, then restored to favour.

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Latin translations of his commentaries shaped European philosophy for centuries.

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