Ibn Asakir

Ibn ʿAsākir, mit vollem Namen ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Hibat Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusain Abū ʾl-Qāsim asch-Schāfiʿī ad-Dimaschqī / علي بن الحسن بن هبة الله بن عبد الله بن الحسين أبو القاسم الشافعي الدمشقي / ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. Hibat Allāh b. ʿAbd Allāh b.

Connection to Damascus

Born and died in Damascus; spent his career there; his family occupied prominent scholarly positions in Damascus for two centuries.

Known for

Tarikh Dimashq (History of Damascus); foremost medieval expert on Hadith in Syria.