Khallikan, Ibn
Muslim scholar
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| Name: |
Shams al-Dīn Abū Al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Khallikān |
| Title: |
Chief Judge |
| Birth: |
September 22, 1211(1211-09-22) in Irbil, Iraq |
| Death: |
October 30, 1282(1282-10-30) (aged 71) in Damascus, Syria |
| Region: |
Middle East |
| Works: |
Deaths of Eminent Men and History of the Sons of the Epoch |
Shams al-Dīn Abū Al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Khallikān (Arabic: شمس الدين أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد بن خلكان) (September 22, 1211 – October 30, 1282) was a 13th Century Shafi'i Islamic scholar.
[edit] Biography
Ibn Khallikan was born in Irbil, Iraq on September 22, 1211, studied there and in Aleppo and Damascus.[1] He also studied jurisprudence at Mosul and then settled in Cairo.[2] He gained prominence as a jurist, theologian and grammarian.[2] Ibn Khallikan married in the year 1252.[2]
He was an assistant to the chief judge in Egypt until 1261 when he assumed the position of chief judge in Damascus.[1] Ibn Khallikan was removed from this position in 1271, returned to Egypt and taught there until being reinstated as judge in Damascus in the year 1278.[1] He retired from this position in 1281[2] and died in Damascus on October 30, 1282.[1]
[edit] Works
Ibn Khallikan's most renowned work is the biographical dictionary entitled Wafayāt al-aʿyān wa-anbāʾ abnāʾ az-zamān (Deaths of Eminent Men and History of the Sons of the Epoch).[1] He began compiling this work in 1256 and continued until 1274, referencing the works of earlier scholars.[1] Deaths of Eminent Men does not include biographies of individuals already sufficiently covered, such as the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and the caliphs.[1] This work has been translated into English by Mac Guckin de Slane and is over 2,700 pages long.[2]
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September 22, 1211 |
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October 30, 1282 |
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