At a glance
- Roles
- writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Hamdun al-Baghdadi, who died in 255 AH. He came from a Baghdadi literary family that flourished in the third century AH, and more than one member of it rose to distinction. 1
His reports and works need an additional source.
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.230
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Hamdun, Muhammad ibn al-Husayn”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-hamdun-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.