Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad, better known as
Ali 'Izz al-Din Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari (1160 – 1233) was an Arab Muslim historian born in
Cizre, a town in present-day
Şırnak province in south-eastern
Turkey, from the
Ibn Athir family. According to the 1911 Edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica, he was born in Turkey
Jazirat Ibn Umar . According to the
Encyclopaedia of Islam.
Biography
He spent a scholarly life in
Mosul, but often visited
Baghdad. For a time he was with
Saladin's army in
Syria and later lived in
Aleppo and
Damascus. His chief work was a history of the world,
al-Kamil fi at-Tarikh (
The Complete History).
He includes some information on the
Rus' people in his chronology.
Works
See also
