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 [2]. 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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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
- ^ [1]dead links
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