Faith Community
Islam
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q71394 · wikidata
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Ibn Khallikan
1211-09-22 – 1282-10-30
Life & Legacy
Shams al-Din Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm bin Abū Bakr ibn Khallikān (Arabic: أحمد بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن أبي بكر ابن خلكان; 22 September 1211 – 30 October 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 (Arabic: وفيات الأعيان وأنباء أبناء الزمان, romanized: wafayāt al-ʾaʿyān wa-ʾanbāʾ ʾabnāʾ al-zamān). Due to this achievement, he is regarded as the most eminent writer of biographies in Islamic history.
Occupation & Career
muhaddith, katib, qadi, historian, literary scholar, teacher, writer, theologian, legal scholar, biographer
Faith & Community
Islam
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Kitāb Wafayāt al-aʿyān wa-anbāʾ abnāʾ az-zamān
Legacy Highlights
Church
Islam
Notable Work
Kitāb Wafayāt al-aʿyān wa-anbāʾ abnāʾ az-zamān
Verified Legacy Record
Notable Work
Kitāb Wafayāt al-aʿyān wa-anbāʾ abnāʾ az-zamān
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q71394 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
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