Ibn Rushd dies in Marrakesh; the Cordoban judge and philosopher's commentaries on Aristotle, written to defend philosophy within Islam, find their largest audience in Latin translation, where 'the Commentator' shapes European thought for centuries.
Tagged: Muslim Sunni Islam
The Event
- Date
- 1198 (exact)
- Era
- Abbasid; Standard periodization of Islamic history
- Location
- Marrakesh; today Marrakesh, Morocco
- Traditions
- Islam
- Streams
- Sunni Islam
- Key figures
- Ibn Rushd
- Key texts
- The Decisive Treatise, Commentaries on Aristotle
Primary Sources
- The Decisive Treatise
Secondary Sources
- Esposito, Islam: The Straight Path (Oxford, 4th ed. 2011)
- Berkey, The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 (Cambridge, 2003)
Provenance: HIST-0235; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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