At a glance
- Roles
- Historian · Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- 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
History-writing and social thoughtLiterature
Place in the story
- HistorianTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Imad al-Din Isma'il ibn Ahmad ibn Sa'id al-Shaybani al-Jazari, a historian and poet from the scholarly house of Ibn al-Athir. The encyclopaedia says he was born around 1245 CE and died in 699 AH (1299 CE), and that he is the author of al-Bahir fi Tarikh Dawlat al-Atabakah bi al-Mawsil (The Brilliant on the History of the Atabeg State in Mosul), combining historical narrative with verse. 1
He lives in Mosul. The encyclopaedia records him within the Sunni frame of the museum. 1
Connections
- Lived in
- Mosul
- Authored
- al-Bahir fi Tarikh Dawlat al-Atabika
People and things also explored
Ibn al-Athir Diya' al-Din· Ibn al-Athir Izz al-Din· Ibn al-Athir Najm al-Din· Great Mosque of al-Nuri· Battle of al-Khazir· Conquest of Mosul· death of the atabeg Izz al-Din Masud of Mosul· Death of Nur al-Din Arslan Shah of Mosul
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn al-Athir Imad al-Din”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-athir-imad-al-din/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.