Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- katib · calligrapher · Poet
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Review
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Summary
Abu'l-Fadl Ahmad b. Muhammad b. al-Fadl b. 'Abd al-Khaliq, known as Ibn al-Khazin, the katib-poet — Dinawari by origin, Baghdadi by birth and death; an excellent man, a marvel of the pen, singular in his age for it, and father of Abu'l-Fath Nasr Allah the famed katib; he copied out many Maqamat that remained in people's hands. 1
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn al-Khazin al-Katib”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-khazin-al-katib/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.