Qadi Iyad ibn Musa or Abu al-Fadl `Iyad ibn Amr ibn Musa ibn `Iyad ibn Muhammad ibn Abdillah ibn Musa ibn `Iyad al-Yahsubi al-Sabti born in Ceuta in 1083, then belonging to the Almoravid Empire, Al-Qadi Iyyad was the great imam of that city and, later, a high judge (qadi) in Granada. He died in the year 1149.