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Ibn al-Qalanisi

Type Figure Region Damascus Time c. 1071–1160 Also known as Hamza ibn Asad

Ibn al-Qalanisi (c. 1071–1160) was a Damascus chronicler and civic leader, full name Abu Ya'la Hamza.

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  1. c. 1071–1120Damascus · DamascusIbn al-Qalanisi came from the Tamimi family of Damascus, long involved in the city's administration and familiar with its correspondence archives, accumulating first-hand material for his later continuation of the city's chronicle.
  2. 1100–1148Damascus · DamascusHe continued the chronicle in the line of Hilal al-Sabi, recording in detail the peace and war among the regimes of Damascus, Aleppo, and Jerusalem after the arrival of the Crusaders, including the Crusader attack of 1129 and the Second Crusade siege of 1148.
  3. 1149–1160Damascus · DamascusIn his later years he twice served as head (ra'is) of Damascus, mediating between citizens and military commanders amid the expansion of Zengi and Nur al-Din's power. He died in 1160, and the chronicle ends in the year of his death.

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