Ibn Khallikan

Ibn Challikān war ein kurdischer Biograph und islamischer Rechtsgelehrter. Sein voller Name lautet Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm Abu ’l-ʿAbbās Schams ad-Dīn al-Barmakī al-Irbilī asch-Schāfiʿī.

Connection to Damascus

Studied in Damascus; became chief judge (qadi al-qudat) of Damascus in 1261; taught and died there.

Known for

Wafayat al-A'yan (Biographical Dictionary) – a landmark in Arabic biographical literature.