Āṣaf b. Barakhyāʾ

URI https://medievalmideast.org/person/20125

"legendary vizier of Solomon, alleged founder of the Church of Ayā Sūfiyā at Constantinople" 2

Names

  • Arabic: آصف بن برخياء = Āṣaf b. Barakhyāʾ 1

Attributes

  • Male

Temporal Data

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Event mentioned by Ibn Baṭṭūṭa.1 before 1354 CE1354-1356early 1180 A.H. / 17661997

Sources

  • 1Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 2:254 [Arabic].
    • Āṣaf son of Barakhyāʾ: H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), II, 509 [English].
  • 2A. D. H. Bivar, The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354: Index (London: The Hakluyt Society, 2000), vol. 5, s.v. [English].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Jessica Mutter, “Āṣaf b. Barakhyāʾ” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/20125.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML and gender assignment, matching, Arabic transliteration from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account
  • Jessica Mutter: Arabic collection from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account
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