Ibn al-Qutiyya

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Ibrahim ibn Isa ibn Muzahim
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Ibrahim ibn Isa ibn Muzahim
Born	10th century; Seville, Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba (now Spain)
Died	6 November 977; Córdoba, Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba (now Spain)
Occupation(s)	Historian, Philologist
Academic work
Era	Islamic Golden Age
Main interests	History, Philology
Notable works	Ta'rikh iftitāḥ al-Andalus (History of the Conquest of al-Andalus)
Notable ideas	Detailed accounts of the Islamic conquest of Spain

Ibn al-Qūṭiyya (ابن القوطية, died 6 November 977), born Muḥammad Ibn ʿUmar Ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʾIbrāhīm ibn ʿIsā ibn Muzāḥim (محمد ابن عمر ابن عبد العزيز ابن إبراهيم ابن عيسى ابن مزاحم), also known as Abu Bakr or al-Qurtubi ("the Córdoban"), was an Andalusian historian and considered the greatest philologist at the Umayyad court of caliph Al-Hakam II. His magnum opus, the History of the Conquest of al-Andalus, is one of the earliest Arabic Muslim accounts of the Islamic conquest of Spain.

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Ibrahim ibn Isa ibn Muzahim
Born	10th century Seville, Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba (now Spain)
Died	6 November 977 Córdoba, Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba (now Spain)
Occupation(s)	Historian, Philologist

Academic work
Era	Islamic Golden Age
Main interests	History, Philology
Notable works	Ta'rikh iftitāḥ al-Andalus (History of the Conquest of al-Andalus)
Notable ideas	Detailed accounts of the Islamic conquest of Spain