Ibn Wasil

Ayyubid

Ibn Wāṣil was a Syrian judge, scholar and writer. He was a courtier and diplomat of the Ayyubids and their successors, the Mamlūks. Although trained as a religious scholar, in his own time he was renowned as a logician and today is most famous as a historian, especially of the Ayyubids. He also wrote works on poetry, medicine and astronomy.

Connection to Damascus

Studied in Damascus and Aleppo; witnessed the siege of Damascus in 1229; served as chief judge of Damascus.

Known for

Historian of the Ayyubids; works on logic poetry medicine and astronomy.

Lifespan

1208-04-20 – 1298

Biography

Ibn Wāṣil was a Syrian judge, scholar and writer. He was a courtier and diplomat of the Ayyubids and their successors, the Mamlūks. Although trained as a religious scholar, in his own time he was renowned as a logician and today is most famous as a historian, especially of the Ayyubids. He also wrote works on poetry, medicine and astronomy.