منهج الحافظ ابن بشكوال في ترتيب كتابه الصلة

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The people of al-Andalus were greatly interested in the biographies of their famous men and scholars and for that purpose they prepared a number of books of biographies, arranged in alphabetical order and date of death.

The historian Ibn Bashkuwal (died 578/1182) was one of the most prominent.

In his book al-Silah he continued the history of the scholars of al-Andalus written by Ibn al-Faradi (died 403/1012), an important history of the intellectual movement there.

He presented the names of 1553 scholars in al- Andalus and their cultural activities from the middle of the third century until the middle of the sixth century A.H./tenth and eleventh centuries A.D., organized, as he mentioned, according to the original that his book continued.

This study seeks to discover the active principle that Ibn Bashkuwal followed in organizing his book and the extent to which that principle follows the principle that he explained in the introduction to his book of following the letters of the alphabet and the year of death as the basis of organization.

The study concludes that Ibn Bashkuwal’s adherence to his principle shows many gaps, especially in connection to the years of death.