تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 12.16

English (machine translation) 12.16

Language: English

12.16.1

This ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz was a jurist and traditionist who had studied in Damascus under Taqī al-Dīn ibn Taymiyya, Burhān al-Dīn ibn al-Burkaḥ, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Mizzī, Shams al-Dīn al-Dhahabī and others. Then he came to the sultan, who treated him generously and honoured him.

12.16.2

It happened one day that he recited to him traditions on the merits of al-ʿAbbās and his son, may God be pleased with them both, and something of the glorious deeds of the caliphs their descendants. This delighted the sultan, because of his love for the ʿAbbāsids, and he kissed the jurist's feet

12.16.3

and ordered a gold tray to be brought containing two thousand tanka, which he poured over him with his own hand, saying: "They are yours, together with the tray." We have told this story earlier.

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تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic