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Sibt ibn al-Jawzi
Sibt ibn al-Jawzi (c. 1185–1256) was a 13th-century historian and preacher born in Baghdad, grandson of the famous historian ibn al-Jawzi through his…
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- c. 1185–1190Baghdad · BaghdadBorn around 1185 in Baghdad, grandson of ibn al-Jawzi, he received his initial religious and historical education in late Abbasid Baghdad in the late 1180s, continuing his family's scholarly tradition.
- c. 1190–1240Baghdad · BaghdadIn his youth he studied across Iraq under several scholars, beginning to accumulate historical materials and practice annalistic writing, laying the foundation for his later large-scale historical works.
- c. 1240–1256Damascus · DamascusHe served as preacher at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, writing chronicles such as Mir'at al-Zaman, recording major events from the Prophet to his own time, and died in Damascus around 1256.
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition: Sibṭ b. al-D̲j̲awzī — Brill
- Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia — Josef W. Meri (ed.) (2006)