Ibn al-Athir
Izz ad-Dīn Abū al-Hasan Ibn al-Athīr | |
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| Title | Al-Hafiz Izz ad-Din |
| Personal life | |
| Born | May 12, 1160 CE, Jazirat Ibn Umar, present-day Cizre, Seljuk Empire |
| Died | 630 AH (1232/1233CE), Mosul, Ayyubid dynasty |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith, History |
| Notable work(s) | The Complete History and The Lions of the Forest and the knowledge about the Companions |
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| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
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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 of Arab descent 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.