Ibn al-Athir

Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ash-Shaybānī, better known as ʿAlī ʿIzz ad-Dīn Ibn al-Athīr al-Jazarī (Arabic: علي عز الدین بن الاثیر الجزري; 1160–1233) was a Hadith expert, historian, and biographer who wrote in Arabic and was from the Ibn Athir family. At the age of twenty-one he settled with his father in Mosul to continue his studies, where he devoted himself to the study of history and Islamic tradition.

Izz ad-Dīn Abū al-Hasan Ibn al-Athīr
TitleAl-Hafiz
Izz ad-Din
Personal
BornMay 12, 1160 CE, Jazirat Ibn Umar, present-day Cizre, Seljuk Empire
DiedAH 630 (1232/1233), Mosul, Ayyubid dynasty
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic golden age
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari
Main interest(s)Hadith, History
Notable work(s)The Complete History and The Lions of the Forest and the knowledge about the Companions
Muslim leader
Influenced
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