Sibt ibn al-Jawzi

Biography

Born in Baghdad, the son of a Turkish freedman and Ibn al-Jawzi's daughter, Sibt ibn al-Jawzi was raised by his grandfather.

He is the grandson of the Hanbali scholar Abul-Faraj Ibn Al-Jawzi. His title "Sibt ibn al-Jawzi" denotes that he was the sibṭ (grandson) of Ibn al-Jawzi from his daughter's side.

Unlike his Hanbali grandfather, he was of the Hanafi madhhab, which was the judicial school common to those of Turkish descent and preferred by the Ayyubid Sultans.

Works

Mir’at al-Zamān fī Tawarīkh al-'Ayān 'Mirror of time in histories of the notables'; 23-volume encyclopedic biographical History. www.archive.org (Beirut, 2013, in Arabic.) The Defense and Advocacy of the True School of Law (Arabic: al-Intisar wa al-Tarjih li al-Madhhab al-Sahih) - in praise of Abu Hanifa and his school. Tazkirat ul-Khawasتذکرۃ الخواص-Introduced eminence of the heirs of Muhammad The Prophet of Islam

For more information on him and his works see: Abjad Al-Ulum - Siddiq Hasan Al Qunuji Kashf al-Zunun Mu'jam al-matbu'at