The Inside History

Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi: A Renowned Muslim Scholar, Polymath, Theologian and Philosopher

Ibn Hazm was born in Cordoba in 994 to the Arabized Hispanic Bani Hazm family. His great-grandfather left the farm outside Huelva to join the Umayyad court in Cordoba, at the height of its splendor. Ahmad, Ibn Hazm's father, was a learned man who excelled at managing the political matters of Caliph Hisham II, and he advanced to the position of vizier.…