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'''‘Ibn al-Tiqtaq&#257;’''', or '''the son of a chatterbox''', was an onomatopoeic nickname for the Iraqi historian '''Jal&#257;l-ad-D&#299;n Abu Ja’far Muhammad '''born '''T&#257;ji’d-D&#299;n Abi’l-Hasan ’Ali''', the spokesman of the [[Shi'a]] community in the Shi’&#299; holy cities—[[Hillah]], [[Najaf]], and [[Karbala]]; in an [[Iraq]] that was to remain the stronghold of [[Shi'a|Shi'ism]], until the forcible conversion of [[Iran]] by Shah [[Ismail I ]][[Safavi]].

According to [[E. G. Browne]]’s English version Of M&#299;rz&#257; Muhammad b. &#8219;Abudi’l-Wahh&#257;b-i—Qazw&#299;ni’s edition of &#8219;Al&#257;-ad-D&#299;n &#8219;Ata Malik-i-Juwayn&#299;’s ''Ta’r&#299;hh-i-Jah&#257;n Gush&#257;'' (London1912, Luzac) , p.ix, Ibn al-Tiqtaq&#257;’s name was '''Safiyu’d-Din Muhammad''' born '''&#8219;Ali born '''Muhammad''' born '''Tab&#257;tab&#257;'''.

== External links ==
*[http://www.lib.umich.edu/help/ts/resources/eislam.html Encyclopedia of Islam]

== References ==
*''Encyclopedia of Islam'', vol. ii, (Leiden 1927, Brill) , pp.&nbsp;423–4. 
* [http://nobsnews.blogspot.com/1993/10/geneses-of-civilizations.html#gibb Note by Professor H. A. R. Gibb], in Arnold J. Toynbee's ''A Study of History''


[[Category:Historians]]