Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
The shaykh and imam Shihab al-Din Abd al-Rahman ibn Isma'il, known as Abu Shama al-Dimashqi, who died in 665 AH. 2
His works
He is the author of Azhar al-Rawdatayn, on the history of the two states, that of Nur al-Din and that of Saladin. 2
Note
The date of death comes from "Kashf al-Zunun" alone. The Gregorian conversion is derived and needs a second source.
Connections
People and things also explored
Sources
- Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p. 372-373
- Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p.372-373
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Shama al-Dimashqi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-shama-al-dimashqi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.