Ibn Abd-el-Hakem
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Ibn Abd-el-Hakem (d. 870 or 871) was an Egyptian who wrote the History of the Conquest of Egypt and North Africa and Spain.
His work is invaluable as the earliest Arab account of the Islamic conquests of those countries. This work was written about 150 years after the events it describes, and therefore mixes fact and legend. It was often quoted by later Islamic historians. A portion of the book covering the Muslim Conquest of Spain, translated into English by John Harris Jones (Gottingen, W. Fr. Kaestner, 1858, pp. 18-22), is available online through the Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
The author also wrote works on early Malikite Islamic law. Although much quoted, he is seldom named because his family was banished in disgrace after an uncle was accused of theft and died under torture.
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