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Main page Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Riquti al-Mursi[1] ( ‫ا‬ ‫أ‬ ‫أ‬, also spelled Abubequer Mohamed ibn Ahmed Al-Ricotí) was a 13th-century Muslim
Contents scholar and physician from Murcia. He founded and led a school where he taught Muslims, Christians, and Jews, under the patronage of Alfonso the Wise. Later, he migrated
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to the Emirate of Granada at the invitation of Sultan Muhammad II.
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Al-Riquti was from the city of Murcia (hence his nisba al-Mursi), and according to historian Ibn al-Khatib (1313–1375) he was an expert in logic, mathematics, arithmetic,
Interaction music, and medicine.[2] He spoke Arabic and the local Romance language, and possibly Latin and Hebrew as well.[3] Murcia was formerly the seat of small Muslim kingdom
Help and also an intellectual center,[4] which was conquered by Castile in 1243 and became a semi-independent protectorate. The Castilian prince Alfonso (the future Alfonso X of
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Community portal languages", and described this school as a "madrasa". Several modern historians hypothesize that it might be the Studia Linguarum of the Dominicans in Murcia.[5] The
Recent changes modern University of Murcia considered this school as one of the university's forerunners.[4] While most historians assume that al-Riquti's school was located in Murcia, the
Contact page historian Gerard Albert Wiegers instead identifies it with a Estudio general built by Alfonso in Seville in 1254.[6]
Tools Alfonso X became king in 1252 and adopted the policy of encouraging Muslim scholars to stay in conquered formerly Muslim territories and offering rewards for those who
What links here converted to Christianity.[7] Meanwhile, Muslims in Murcia rebelled in 1264, and after it was defeated by the royal forces in 1266 the region lost its autonomy.[4] Many Muslim
Related changes intellectuals lost their privileges; al-Riquti felt anxious about the situation and about Alfonso's encouragement to convert to Christianity.[4][2] Meanwhile, in 1273 Muhammad II
Upload file became the Sultan of Granada, the last Muslim state of Spain. He was known as al-Faqih ("the canon lawyer") and competed with Alfonso in attracting learned men to his
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emirate.[8] Al-Riquti migrated to Granada at the Sultan's instigation.[7][2] In Granada he was involved in a number of debates, and he held a respectable position until he
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died.[2][9]
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Print/export 1. ^ Samsó 1981, p. 173. 6. ^ Wiegers 1994, pp. 50–52.

2. ^ a b c d e Wiegers 1994, p. 50. 7. ^ a b Vernet & Samsó 1996, p. 271.
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3. ^ Samsó 1981, p. 175. 8. ^ Vernet & Samsó 1996, p. 272.
4. ^ a b c d "Medieval Precedents" . Universidad de Murcia. Retrieved 26 March 2020. 9. ^ Urvoy 1992, p. 874.
Languages 5. ^ Wiegers 1994, pp. 50–51.
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