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Muslim scholar
Islamic golden age
Name:Izz ad-Dīn Abu al-Hassan Ibn al-Athīr
Title:ibn al-Athir
Birth:1160 CE, Cizre, present-day Turkey
death:630 AH (1233) [1]
Maddhab:Sunni
Main interests:History
works:The Complete History and The Lions of the Forest and the knowledge about the Companions
Influenced:Abul Fida Ismail Hamvi


Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad[2], better known as Ali 'izz al-Din Ibn al- Athir al-Jazari[3] (1160 – 1233) was an Arab muslim historian born in Cizre, a town in present-day Şırnak province in south-eastern Turkey, from the Ibn Athir family. According to the 1911 Edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica, he was born in Jazirat Ibn Umar in Kurdistan [1]. According to the Encyclopaedia of Islam, he was Kurdish [4].

Biography

He spent a scholarly life in Mosul, but often visited Baghdad. 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.

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See also

Notes

1. ^ [2]
2. ^ Ali, the father of Hasan and son of Muhammad who was the son of Muhammad
3. ^ Ali, height of belief, son of Athir, from Jazar
4. ^ [3]

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The Complete History - (Arabic: الكامل في التاريخ) is a classic Islamic history book written by Ali ibn al-Athir. Composed in ca.
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The Lions of the Forest and the knowledge about the Companions (Arabic: اسد الغابة في معرفة الصحابة
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Cizre is a district of Şırnak Province of Turkey.


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Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh
Peace at Home, Peace in the World
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Rus’ (Русь, [rusʲ]) are an ancient people whose name survives in the cognates Russians,[1] Rusyns, and Ruthenians
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The Complete History - (Arabic: الكامل في التاريخ) is a classic Islamic history book written by Ali ibn al-Athir. Composed in ca.
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The Complete History - (Arabic: الكامل في التاريخ) is a classic Islamic history book written by Ali ibn al-Athir. Composed in ca.
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The Lions of the Forest and the knowledge about the Companions (Arabic: اسد الغابة في معرفة الصحابة
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