Abu-l ‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Khallikan, (1211-1282) was a Muslim Kurdish scholar of the 13th century. He was born in Irbil, in 1211. His most famous work is Wafayat al-Ayan (The Obituaries of Eminent Men) known as The Biographical Dictionary. He died in Damascus.

External links

• Ibn Khallikan in Encyclopaedia Britannica
• http://www.humanistictexts.org/ibn_khallikan.htm

1211 births | 1282 deaths | Arabic culture | Arab people | Kurdish people

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