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Amr ibn Matta

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Amr ibn Matta (ʿAmr ibn Mattā al-Ṭīrhānī) was the author of a 14th-century work known as Kitāb al-majdal li-l-istibṣār wa-l-jadal ("Book of the Tower, for reflection and discussion"). Ibn Matta's work is modelled after, and takes its title from, the Book of the Tower by 12th-century Nestorian writer Mari ibn Suleiman. Ibn Matta's work is discussed in a lengthy entry in the ecclesiastical encyclopedia Miṣbāḥ al-ẓulma by Ibn Kabar (d. 1324).

Based on his nisbah, ibn Matta was a native of Ṭīrhān, a district now part of the city of Samarra, Iraq.

References

  • N. Swanson, Mark. [referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/christian-muslim-relations-i/amr-ibn-matta-COM_25085 "ʿAmr ibn Mattā."] Christian-Muslim Relations 600 - 1500, Brill Online, 2016.
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