Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Abbas Shams al-Din Ahmad al-Khuwayyi. He was born in 583 AH (1187 CE) and lived about fifty-five years. He died in Hebron and was buried there in 637 AH (1240 CE), according to the "Encyclopaedia of Notable Scholars and Men of Letters". 1
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Khuwayyi Abu al-Abbas Shams al-Din Ahmad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-khuwayyi-abu-al-abbas-shams-al-din-ahmad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.