Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad (Ali, the father of Hasan and son of Muhammad who was the son of Muhammad) better known as Ali 'izz al-Din Ibn al- Athir al-Jazari (Ali, height of belif, son of Athir, from Jazar ) (1160 - 1233) was a Kurdish/Islamic historian born in Cizîre in present-day south-eastern Turkey, from the Ibn Athir family.

He spent a scholarly life in Mosul, but often visited Baghdad. For a time he was with Saladin's army in Syria and later lived in Aleppo and Damascus. His chief work was a history of the world, al-Kamil fi at-tarikh (The Complete History). He includes some information on the Rus' people in his chronology.

Works

• The Complete History - (Arabic Al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh).
• Asad al-Ghabah fi Ma'rifah as-Sahabah

See also

• List of Islamic scholars
• Ibn Athir
• Ibn Fadlan
• Ibn Rustah
• Varangian

External links

• http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9041903
• Ibn al-Athīr's Accounts of the Rūs: A Commentary and Translation by William E. Watson from Canadian/American Slavic Studies
• http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/Near.East/islhist.html
• http://www.bogvaerker.dk/Bookwright/rijal.html

1160 births | 1233 deaths

Kurdish people | Arab historians | 1160 births | 1233 deaths | Khazar studies

Ibn al-Athir | Ибн аль-Асир