Ibn Kathir

Ibn Kathir, Abu l-Fida' Ismaʿil ibn Umar mit dem Ehrentitel Imad ad-Din / عماد الدين / ʿImād ad-Dīn / ‚Stütze der Religion‘ war ein muslimischer Gelehrter in Damaskus.

Connection to Damascus

Raised in Damascus from age five; studied taught and died there; buried beside his teacher Ibn Taymiyyah.

Known for

Tafsir Ibn Kathir; Al-Bidayah wa'l-Nihayah (14-volume history of Islam).