Ibn al-Athir
Izz ad-Dīn Abu al-Hassan Ibn al-Athīr | |
|---|---|
| Title | ibn al-Athir |
| Personal | |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Jurisprudence | Sunni |
| Main interest(s) | History |
| Notable work(s) | The Complete History and The Lions of the Forest and the knowledge about the Companions |
| Senior posting | |
Influenced
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Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad,[2] better known as Ali 'Izz al-Din Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari[3](Arabic: عزالدین ابن الاثیر الجزری) (1233–1160) was a Kurdish Muslim historian from the Ibn Athir family. According to the 1911 Edition of Encyclopædia Britannica, he was born in Jazirat Ibn Umar, Great Seljuq Empire.[4]
Biography
He spent a scholarly life in Mosul, but often visited Baghdad. He was a Kurd,[5] therefore for a time he was with Saladin's army in Syria and later lived in Aleppo and Damascus. His chief work was a history of the world, al-Kamil fi at-Tarikh (The Complete History). He includes some information on the Rus' people in his chronology.
Works
- Al-Kāmil fī al-tārīkh: "The Complete History"
- Al-Tārīkh al-bāhir fī al-Dawlah al-Atābakīyah bi-al-Mawṣil
- Usd al-ghābah fi ma‘rifat al-ṣaḥābah: "The Lions of the Forest and the knowledge about the Companions"
- Al-Lubāb fī tahdhīb al-ansāb
See also
Notes
- ^ Fourth to Seventh century
- ^ Ali, the father of Hasan and son of Muhammad who was the son of Muhammad
- ^ Ali, height of belief, son of Athir, from Jazar
- ^ IBN ATHTR - Online Information article about IBN ATHTR
- ^ Encyclopaedic ethnography of Middle-East and Central Asia: A-I, Vol.1, Ed. R. Khanam, (Global Vision Publishing House, 2005), 500; "The fact was already mentioned by the Kurd Ibn al-Athir...".
External links
- http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9041903
- Ibn al-Athīr's Accounts of the Rūs: A Commentary and Translation by William E. Watson from Canadian/American Slavic Studies
- http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/Near.East/islhist.html
- http://www.bogvaerker.dk/Bookwright/rijal.html
- Kurds and Kurdistan, Encyclopaedia of Islam.
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