About Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad
Lived 1217 – 1285 (aged 68). Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad was a historian.
Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad al-Halabi (1217–1285) was an Arab scholar and official for the Ayyubids from Aleppo.
'Izz al-Din Muhammad b. 'Ali ibn Shaddad al-Halabi, often quoted simply as Ibn Shaddad, is best known for his Al-a'laq al-khatira fi dhikr umara' al-Sham wa'l-Jazira, a historical geography of Syria (al-Sham) and Upper Mesopotamia (al-Jazira), which he wrote in exile in Egypt after the Mongols overran Syria. This work has been translated into French and published by as Description de la Syrie du Nord in Damascus in 1984.
He also wrote Ta'rikh al-Malik al-zahir, a biography of Baybars I, the Mamluk ruler of Egypt.
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Who was Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad?
Arab scholar and Ayyubid official (1217–1285)
When was Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad born?
Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad was born on 12 March 1217 in Aleppo.
When did Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad die?
Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad died on 25 April 1285 in Cairo.
What was Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad's occupation?
Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad was a historian.
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