Ibn al-Athir

**Izz ad-Dīn Abū al-Hasan Ibn al-Athīr**
Izz ad-Dīn Abū al-Hasan Ibn al-Athīr
Title	Al-Hafiz; Izz ad-Din
Personal
Born	May 12, 1160 CE, Jazirat Ibn Umar, present-day Cizre, Seljuk Empire
Died	AH 630 (1232/1233), Mosul, Ayyubid dynasty
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic golden age
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Creed	Ash'ari
Main interest(s)	Hadith, History
Notable work(s)	The Complete History and The Lions of the Forest and the knowledge about the Companions
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Al-Shafi'i; Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari; Ibn Asakir;
	Influenced Abu'l-Fida;

Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ash-Shaybānī, better known as ʿAlī ʿIzz ad-Dīn Ibn al-Athīr al-Jazarī (Arabic: علي عز الدین بن الاثیر الجزري; 1160–1233) was a Hadith expert, historian, and biographer who wrote in Arabic and was from the Ibn Athir family.^[5] At the age of twenty-one he settled with his father in Mosul to continue his studies, where he devoted himself to the study of history and Islamic tradition.

^ Majd al-Din al-Mubarak bin Muhammad, Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari. الشافي شرح مسند الشافعي 1-3 ج3. Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah. p. 612.
^ Nevin Reda; Yasmin Amin, eds. (2020). Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice: Processes of Canonization Subversion and Change. McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 247. ISBN 9780228002963. 'Ali ibn al-Athir 106 The Sunni historian and Ash'ari theologian Abū al-Hasan 'Izz al-Dīn 'Alī ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Karīm ibn 'Abd al-Wāhid al-Jazarī al-Shaybānī was born in Cizre (Turkey) in 555/1160 and was of Arab descent.
^ 'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Tahir. "دور أبي ذر الهروي في نشر الأشعرية بالمغرب" [The role of Abu Dharr al-Harawi in the spread of Ash'ari theology in Morocco] (in Arabic). Muhammadiya Association of Scholars (al-Rabita al-Muhammadiyya lil-'Ulamā' in Morocco). Archived from the original on 13 Apr 2023.
^ Fourth to Seventh century
^ Andersson, Tobias (16 October 2018). Early Sunnī Historiography A Study of the Tārīkh of Khalīfa B. Khayyāṭ. Brill. p. 62. ISBN 9789004383173.

[1] Majd al-Din al-Mubarak bin Muhammad, Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari. الشافي شرح مسند الشافعي 1-3 ج3. Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah. p. 612.

[2] Nevin Reda; Yasmin Amin, eds. (2020). Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice: Processes of Canonization Subversion and Change. McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 247. ISBN 9780228002963. 'Ali ibn al-Athir 106 The Sunni historian and Ash'ari theologian Abū al-Hasan 'Izz al-Dīn 'Alī ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Karīm ibn 'Abd al-Wāhid al-Jazarī al-Shaybānī was born in Cizre (Turkey) in 555/1160 and was of Arab descent.

[3] 'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Tahir. "دور أبي ذر الهروي في نشر الأشعرية بالمغرب" [The role of Abu Dharr al-Harawi in the spread of Ash'ari theology in Morocco] (in Arabic). Muhammadiya Association of Scholars (al-Rabita al-Muhammadiyya lil-'Ulamā' in Morocco). Archived from the original on 13 Apr 2023.

[4] Fourth to Seventh century

[5] Andersson, Tobias (16 October 2018). Early Sunnī Historiography A Study of the Tārīkh of Khalīfa B. Khayyāṭ. Brill. p. 62. ISBN 9789004383173.

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Izz ad-Dīn Abū al-Hasan Ibn al-Athīr
Title	Al-Hafiz Izz ad-Din
Personal
Born	May 12, 1160 CE, Jazirat Ibn Umar, present-day Cizre, Seljuk Empire
Died	AH 630 (1232/1233), Mosul, Ayyubid dynasty^[4]
Religion	Islam
Era	Islamic golden age
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i^[1]
Creed	Ash'ari^[2]^[3]
Main interest(s)	Hadith, History
Notable work(s)	The Complete History and The Lions of the Forest and the knowledge about the Companions
Muslim leader
Influenced by Al-Shafi'i Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari Ibn Asakir
Influenced Abu'l-Fida