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Ali ibn al-Athir

1160 - 1233

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Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ash-Shaybānī, better known as ʿAlī ʿIzz ad-Dīn Ibn al-Athīr al-Jazarī (Arabic: علي عز الدین بن الاثیر الجزري; 1160–1233) was a Hadith expert, historian, and biographer of Arab descent who wrote in Arabic and was from the Ibn Athir family. At the age of twenty-one he settled with his father in Mosul to continue his studies, where he devoted himself to the study of history and Islamic tradition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ali ibn al-Athir is the 42nd most popular historian (down from 39th in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 225th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Turkish Historian.

Ali ibn al-Athir was a historian of the Islamic world. He is most famous for his "Kitab al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh" (The Complete History), which is an important source for the early history of the Crusades.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ali ibn al-Athir ranks 42 out of 561. Before him are Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Hippolyte Taine, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Leonardo Bruni, Jacques Le Goff, and Adam of Bremen. After him are Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Erwin Panofsky, Al-Baladhuri, Socrates of Constantinople, Lucien Febvre, and François Guizot.

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Among people born in 1160, Ali ibn al-Athir ranks 5. Before him are Pope Innocent III, Pope Gregory IX, Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem, and Muhammad of Ghor. After him are Pérotin, Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, Hartmann von Aue, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Dulce of Aragon, Arnaud Amalric, and Isaac the Blind. Among people deceased in 1233, Ali ibn al-Athir ranks 1. After him are Thomas, Count of Savoy, Yolanda of Courtenay, Bohemond IV of Antioch, Ferdinand, Count of Flanders, and Helena of Denmark.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Ali ibn al-Athir ranks 235 out of 1,347. Before him are Cemal Gürsel (1895), Fatma Sultan (1500), Anitta (-1700), Kayqubad I (1188), Glycerius (430), and Alexios IV Angelos (1182). After him are Michael Psellos (1018), Constantine X Doukas (1006), Yolanda of Flanders (1175), Parascheva of the Balkans (1000), Briseis (null), and Romanos III Argyros (968).

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Among HISTORIANS In Türkiye

Among historians born in Türkiye, Ali ibn al-Athir ranks 5. Before him are Herodotus (-484), Hecataeus of Miletus (-550), Cassius Dio (155), and Arrian (89). After him are Socrates of Constantinople (380), Niketas Choniates (1155), Libanius (314), Ephorus (-400), Eutropius (320), George Kedrenos (1100), and Eunapius (349).

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