At a glance
- Roles
- writer · Scholar
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Al-Qaysi of Damascus, the adib; companion of Ibn Khalil transmitting much from him, and insha'-scribe for al-Malik al-'Adil at Damascus then for al-Malik Baybars; he died eight nights into Dhu'l-Hijja 672, aged ninety 1.
Connections
- Died in
- Damascus
People and things also explored
the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 585
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Qaysi al-Dimashqi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-qaysi-al-dimashqi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.