(b. Orijuela 570-580/1174-84; d. 663/1265 Tunis). Ibn al-Murābiṭ was a belletrist, liturgical preacher (khaṭīb), court scribe, and diplomat in the autonomous government of Orihuela. He was best known for his eloquent correspondence, religious sermons, and nuptial orations, which he included in an anthology (diwān) of his works that he compiled, titled, Ẓawāhir al-fikar wa-jawāhir al-fiqar li-Ibn al-Murābiṭ.
Editions:
- Ẓawāhir al-fikar wa-jawāhir al-fiqar li-Ibn al-Murābiṭ:dirāsa wa-taḥqīq: utruha li-nayl dukturāt al-dawla / i‘dād Aḥmad al-Misbāḥī; taḥta isrāf Muḥammad Binsharīfa (Ph. D. dissertation ed. by Aḥmad al-Misbāḥī under the direction of Muḥammad Binsharīfa), 3 vols. (Rabat: Jāmi‘at Muḥammad al-Khamīs, Kulliyyat al-Adāb wa-l-‘Ulūm al-Insāniyya [Muḥammad V University, Faculty of Letters and Humanities] 1992-1993).
- Ẓawāhir al-fikar wa-jawāhir al-fiqar li-Ibn al-Murābiṭ, ed. Aḥmad al-Misbāḥī, 2 vols. (Casablanca, Morocco: Wizārat al-Awqāf, 2010)
Bibliography:
- Molina López, Emilio, “Ibn al-Murābiṭ, Abū al-‘Alā’,” en B.A., IV, 268-9
- Molina López, E., Murcia y el Levante español en el siglo XIII (1224-1266) a través de la correspondencia oficial, personal y diplomática (Ph.D. dissertation, Universidad de Granada, 1978)