Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Artist
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Amin al-Din Yaqut, the Mosul scribe, friend of Ibn al-Athir and the calligrapher of his age. 2
Ibn al-Athir's praise
Ibn al-Athir says that in his time no one wrote anything close to him, and no one reproduced the method of Ibn al-Bawwab as he did. 2
He describes him as possessing many excellences of literature and other learning, abundant in goodness, well known in the world, and that people agree in praising him. 2
His death
He died in 618 AH (about 1221 CE). 2
Notes for researchers
- The information is from Ibn al-Athir alone, who was his friend, and needs an additional source.
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 426
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.426
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Amin al-Din Yaqut, the Mosul scribe”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/amin-al-din-yaqut-al-mawsili/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.