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Ibn Wasil

Type Figure Region Syria Time 1208–1298 Also known as Ibn Wasil、Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Salim ibn Wasil、贾迈勒·丁·穆罕默德·伊本·瓦西勒

Ibn Wasil (1208–1298), an Islamic judge and historian from Hama in Syria, served as court secretary and diplomatic envoy in the 1250s during the fina…

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  1. 1251–1256Hama · HamaIn the 1250s Ibn Wasil served the Ayyubid sultans in Hama and elsewhere in Syria, taking part in government affairs and historical compilation. He dedicated the universal history Salahiyya to al-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub, and around 1250 re-dedicated it to Turanshah, personally witnessing the Ayyubid decline in Egypt and Syria.
  2. 1257–1260Cairo · CairoAfter 1257 Ibn Wasil entered Mamluk service, witnessing the Mongol capture of Baghdad in 1258 and the dramatic changes in Syria in 1260. In 1261 he was dispatched by Baybars as envoy to King Manfred of Sicily, then returned to Hama as chief judge, gathering the knowledge and documents for his late-life work, the Mufarrij al-Kurub.

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