Ibn Kathir

Type Figure Region Syria Time 1300–1373 Also known as Ibn Kathir、Ismail ibn Umar ibn Kathir、伊斯梅尔·伊本·欧麦尔·伊本·凯西尔

Ibn Kathir (1300–1373), born in Damascus, was an important fourteenth-century Shafi'i scholar, historian, and Quran commentator, known for works such…

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1300–1310Damascus · SyriaAround 1300 Ibn Kathir was born in Syria; between 1301 and 1310 he received basic religious education in Damascus, studying the Quran, hadith, grammar, and Shafi'i jurisprudence. During this period he studied under several local scholars, among whom Ibn Taymiyya had the deepest influence, laying the groundwork for his later historical and exegetical writings.

Sources

Ibn Kathīr https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ibn-Kathir
Ibn Kathir https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100252357