Yusuf ibn al-Sayrafi
Yusuf ibn al-Sayrafi | |
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| Born | |
| Died | c. 1161 / 557 AH |
| Occupations | Historian, secretary |
| Employer | Tashfin ibn Ali |
| Known for | Chronicle of the Almoravid dynasty |
| Notable work | Al-Anwar al-Jalliya fi akhbar al-dawla al-Murabitiyya |
Yusuf ibn al-Sayrafi (died c. 557/1161) was a historian from Al-Andalus, and secretary of the Almoravid ruler Tashfin ibn Ali (1143–45).
Al-Sayrafi was born in Granada (in present-day Spain). He wrote a chronicle on the Almoravids, Al-Anwar al-Jalliya fi akhbar al-dawla al-Murabitiyya in which he dealt with the history of al-Andalus and the Maghreb in general and of his native Granada. Almost nothing of this work has survived, but it is quoted by other historians such as Ibn al-Khatib and ibn Idhari (especially in his al-Ihata fi akhbar gharnata).[1][2]