Ali ibn Ziyad

Ali ibn Ziyad at-Tarabulsi al-'Absi (d. 799 CE) (183 AH) (Arabic: علي بن زياد الطرابلسي التونسي العبسي), more commonly referred to in Islamic scholarship as Ali ibn Ziyad or Imam al-Tarabulsi, was an 8th-century CE Libyan Muslim jurist from Tripoli. Ibn Ziyad was an important early scholar of the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and a companion of Imam Malik. Ali ibn Ziyad was responsible for bringing the Muwatta of Imam Malik to Ifriqiya.^[1] He died in 799 CE and is buried in the remains of the Silsila Cemetery in the Qasba quarter of Tunis's medina (old-town).

Ali ibn Ziyad at-Tarabulsi al-Tunisi al-'Absi
Title	Ali ibn Ziyad
Personal
Born	Unknown Tripoli, Muhallabid Dynasty, Abbasid Caliphate
Died	799 CE (183 AH) Tunis, Muhallabid Dynasty, Abbasid Caliphate
Religion	Islam
Era	Abbasid Caliphate
Region	Medina and Tunis
Jurisprudence	Maliki
Creed	Sunni
Main interest(s)	Fiqh
Occupation	Muslim jurist

References

1. Nasir ud-Deen Muhammad al-Sharif, Al-Jawahir al-Ikliliya fi A'yaan 'Ulama Libya min al-Malikiyya (Amman: Dar al-Bayareeq, 1999), 40.