Ibn Khallikan
| Muslim scholar Shams al-Dīn Abū Al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Khallikān |
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| Title | Chief Judge |
| Born | September 22, 1211 in Irbil, Iraq |
| Died | October 30, 1282 (aged 71) in Damascus, Syria |
| Ethnicity | Kurdish |
| Region | Middle East |
| Works | Deaths of Eminent Men and History of the Sons of the Epoch |
Shams al-Dīn Abū Al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Khallikān (Arabic: شمس الدين أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد بن خلكان) (September 22, 1211 – October 30, 1282) was a 13th Century Shafi'i Islamic scholar of Kurdish origin.
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[edit] Biography
Ibn Khallikan was born in Arbil, Iraq on September 22, 1211, studied there and in Aleppo and Damascus.[1] He also studied jurisprudence at Mosul and then settled in Cairo.[2] He gained prominence as a jurist, theologian and grammarian.[2] Ibn Khallikan married in the year 1252.[2]
He was an assistant to the chief judge in Egypt until 1261 when he assumed the position of chief judge in Damascus.[1] Ibn Khallikan was removed from this position in 1271, returned to Egypt and taught there until being reinstated as judge in Damascus in the year 1278.[1] He retired from this position in 1281[2] and died in Damascus on October 30, 1282.[1]
[edit] Works
Ibn Khallikan's most renowned work is the biographical dictionary entitled Wafayāt al-aʿyān wa-anbāʾ abnāʾ az-zamān (Deaths of Eminent Men and History of the Sons of the Epoch).[1] He began compiling this work in 1256 and continued until 1274, referencing the works of earlier scholars.[1] Deaths of Eminent Men does not include biographies of individuals already sufficiently covered, such as the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and the caliphs.[1] This work has been translated into English by William McGuckin de Slane, (1801–1878), and is over 2,700 pages long.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Encyclopædia Britannica Online, Ibn Khallikān". 2010. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/280795/Ibn-Khallikan. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Ibn Khallikan". Humanistic Texts.org. http://www.humanistictexts.org/ibn_khallikan.htm. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
[edit] Bibliography
- Ibn Khallikān. Ibn Khallikan's Biographical dictionary, 1. http://books.google.com/books?id=D9jd70CULyYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=ibn+khallikan+%22biographical+dictionary,+1%22&hl=en&ei=GlMRTKSRHsXdnAeNkOmRAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. M. de Slane trans. Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1843.
- Ibid. Ibn Khallikan's Biographical dictionary, 2. http://books.google.com/books?id=cUHmSN0g9cIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=ibn+khallikan+biographical+dictionary,+2&hl=en&ei=11QRTPimJIiHnQftycCRAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- Ibid. Ibn Khallikan's Biographical dictionary, 3. http://books.google.com/books?id=eeE80B81GfgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=ibn+khallikan+biographical+dictionary&hl=en&ei=CVMRTNK0J8uknQfmmeyQAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- Ibid. Ibn Khallikan's Biographical dictionary, 4. http://books.google.com/books?id=fqcd61rwaukC&printsec=frontcover&dq=ibn+khallikan+biographical+dictionary,+4&hl=en&ei=UlURTND-HZ7hnQf3jtmRAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false.
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