Two medieval Maghreb chronicles: Al-Ḏajira Al-Saniyya y el Rawd al-Qirtas

• Main Author: Lidia Fernández Fonfría
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2010-03-01
• Series: El Futuro del Pasado
• Subjects: Ibn ‘Abī Zar‘; Benimerines; Magreb; s. XIII; historiografía
• Online Access: http://www.elfuturodelpasado.com/ojs/index.php/FdP/article/view/33

<p>In the present communication I intend to expose my conclusions on asmall comparative study between two of the earliest Maghreb chronicles throwing information about the North African tribe of Banu Mar÷n arrival to the throne in the thirteenth century Maghreb. With these common features, allowing a more complete picture of anera, which is undoubtedly the least known of the merinid period, their beginning. The similarities and influences between them are such that there are different theories about a possiblecommon authorship. After concluding the study and subsequent analysis of these works, can be extracted that there are substantial differences on a structural and stylistic level that hinder the possible absolute identification of author of the Dhakh÷ra al-Saniyyawith the author of RawÅ al-QirÐās.</p>