Ibn Abi al-Hadid

ابن أبي الحديد

1190 CE · 586 AH – 1257 CE · 655 AH

Izz al-Din Ibn Abi al-Hadid al-Mada'ini (586–655) — the Baghdad faqih-adib, immortal commentator on Nahj al-Balagha; commissioned to refute Ibn al-Athir's al-Mathal al-Sa'ir, which he did in al-Falak al-Da'ir 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti · Abu Bakr ibn Qawam al-Balisi · Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar · al-Kamal al-Darir · al-Malik al-Mu'azzam Turanshah the Elder

Summary

Ibn Abi'l-Hadid, the jurist-adib 'Izz al-Din Abu Hamid 'Abd al-Hamid b. Hibat Allah b. Muhammad b. Husayn al-Mada'ini; he was commissioned to answer Diya' al-Din Ibn al-Athir, author of al-Mathal al-sa'ir, and gathered his objections into a book he named al-Fulk al-da'ir 'ala'l-mathal al-sa'ir. 1

His standing

A jurist, adib and excellent man with graceful poetry — the author of the celebrated commentary on Nahj al-balagha; he died at Baghdad. 1

Sources

  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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