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| '''Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm bin Abū Bakr ibn Khallikān'''{{efn|Also known as '''Abū ʾl-ʿAbbās S̲h̲ams al-Dīn al-Barmakī al-Irbilī al-S̲h̲āfiʿī''' ({{lang-ar|أبو العباس شمس الدين البرمكي الأربلي الشافعي}})}}<ref name="brill-eoi">{{cite |
'''Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm bin Abū Bakr ibn Khallikān'''{{efn|Also known as '''Abū ʾl-ʿAbbās S̲h̲ams al-Dīn al-Barmakī al-Irbilī al-S̲h̲āfiʿī''' ({{lang-ar|أبو العباس شمس الدين البرمكي الأربلي الشافعي}})}}<ref name="brill-eoi">{{cite encyclopedia |last1=J.W. |first1=Fück |title=Ibn Khallikan |publisher=Brill |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Islam |edition=Second |language=en |doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_sim_3248}}</ref> ({{lang-ar|أحمد بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن أبي بكر ابن خلكان}}; September 22, 1211 – October 30, 1282), better known as '''Ibn Khallikān''', was a renowned Islamic historian who compiled the celebrated ] of ] scholars and important men in Muslim history, '']'' ('Wafayāt al-Aʿyān wa-Anbāʾ Abnāʾ az-Zamān').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.humanistictexts.org/ibn_khallikan.htm|title = Ibn Khallikan}}</ref> Due to this achievement, he is regarded as the most eminent writer of biographies in Islamic history.<ref>{{cite book |last1=El Hareir |first1=Idris |last2=Mbaye |first2=Ravane |authorlink= |title=The Spread of Islam Throughout the World | publisher=UNESCO Pub.| date=2011 |isbn= |page=295}}</ref> | ||
| ==Life== | ==Life== | ||
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13th century Muslim scholar and author| Shams al-Dīn Abū Al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Khallikān (ابن خلكان) | |
|---|---|
| Title | Chief Judge |
| Personal life | |
| Born | September 22, 1211 Erbil (now Iraq) |
| Died | October 30, 1282(1282-10-30) (aged 71) Damascus (now Syria) |
| Region | Middle East |
| Notable work(s) | Deaths of Eminent Men and History of the Sons of the Epoch |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm bin Abū Bakr ibn Khallikān (Template:Lang-ar; September 22, 1211 – October 30, 1282), better known as Ibn Khallikān, was a renowned Islamic historian who compiled the celebrated biographical encyclopedia of Muslim scholars and important men in Muslim history, Deaths of Eminent Men and the Sons of the Epoch ('Wafayāt al-Aʿyān wa-Anbāʾ Abnāʾ az-Zamān'). Due to this achievement, he is regarded as the most eminent writer of biographies in Islamic history.
Life
Ibn Khallikān was born in Erbil on September 22, 1211 (11 Rabī’ al-Thānī, 608), into a respectable family that claimed descent from Barmakids, an Iranian dynasty of Balkhi origin. Other sources describe him as Kurdish.
His primary studies took him from Arbil, to Aleppo and to Damascus, before he took up jurisprudence in Mosul and then in Cairo, where he settled. He gained prominence as a jurist, theologian and grammarian. An early biographer described him as "a pious man, virtuous, and learned; amiable in temper, in conversation serious and instructive. His exterior was highly prepossessing, his countenance handsome and his manners engaging."
He married in 1252 and was assistant to the chief judge in Egypt until 1261, when he assumed the position of chief judge in Damascus. He lost this position in 1271 and returned to Egypt, where he taught until being reinstated as judge in Damascus in 1278. He retired in 1281 and died in Damascus on October 30, 1282 (Saturday, 26th of Rajab 681).
Notes
- Also known as Abū ʾl-ʿAbbās S̲h̲ams al-Dīn al-Barmakī al-Irbilī al-S̲h̲āfiʿī (Template:Lang-ar)
References
- Lewis, B.; Menage, V.L.; Pellat, Ch.; Schacht, J. (1986) . Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. III (H-Iram) (New ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 832. ISBN 978-9004081185.
- Schmidtke, Sabine (2016). The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology. Oxford University Press. p. 556. ISBN 9780199696703.
- ^ J.W., Fück. "Ibn Khallikan". Encyclopaedia of Islam (Second ed.). Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_sim_3248.
- "Ibn Khallikan".
- El Hareir, Idris; Mbaye, Ravane (2011). The Spread of Islam Throughout the World. UNESCO Pub. p. 295.
- Frye, R. N.; Fisher, William Bayne; Frye, Richard Nelson; Avery, Peter; Boyle, John Andrew; Gershevitch, Ilya; Jackson, Peter (1975-06-26). The Cambridge History of Iran. ISBN 9780521200936.
- "Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volumes 1 and 2". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ "Encyclopædia Britannica Online, Ibn Khallikān". 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ^ "Ibn Khallikan". Humanistic Texts.org. Archived from the original on October 20, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- Ludwig W. Adamec (2009), Historical Dictionary of Islam, p.139. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810861615.
Bibliography
- Ibn Khallikan (1842–1871). Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Translated from the Arabic (4 vols.). Translated by Baron Mac Guckin de Slane. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.
