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Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

1372 - 1449

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Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (Arabic: ابن حجر العسقلاني; 18 February 1372 – 2 February 1449), or simply ibn Ḥajar, was a classic Islamic scholar "whose life work constitutes the final summation of the science of hadith." He authored some 150 works on hadith, history, biography, exegesis, poetry, and the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence, the most valued of which being his commentary of Sahih al-Bukhari, titled Fath al-Bari. He is known by the honorific epithets Hafiz al-Asr "Hafiz of the Time", Shaykh al-Islam "Shaykh of Islam", and Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith "Commander of the Faithful in Hadith". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani is the 55th most popular historian (down from 40th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Egypt (down from 106th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Egyptian Historian.

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani is most famous for his commentary on the hadith collection of Imam al-Bukhari.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani ranks 55 out of 561. Before him are Yuval Noah Harari, Samuel von Pufendorf, Niketas Choniates, Poggio Bracciolini, Aby Warburg, and Joseph Justus Scaliger. After him are Justin, Francesco Guicciardini, Euhemerus, Ernst Gombrich, Johann Gustav Droysen, and John Skylitzes.

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Among people born in 1372, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani ranks 3. Before him are Louis I, Duke of Orléans, and Helena Dragaš. After him are Olivera Despina, Al-Salih Hajji, and Elizabeth Granowska. Among people deceased in 1449, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani ranks 2. Before him is Ulugh Beg. After him are Hüma Hatun, Peter, Duke of Coimbra, Emine Hatun, Louis IV, Elector Palatine, and Konrad von Erlichshausen.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani ranks 131 out of 642. Before him are Shepseskaf (-2600), Ammonius Saccas (175), Ctesibius (-284), Pope Theophilus of Alexandria (310), Apepi (-1600), and Sekhemkhet (-2800). After him are Isetnofret (-1250), Setnakhte (-1300), Shoshenq II (-1000), Pope Peter I of Alexandria (300), Georges Moustaki (1934), and Al-Aziz Uthman (1171).

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Among HISTORIANS In Egypt

Among historians born in Egypt, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani ranks 3. Before him are Manetho (-201), and Eric Hobsbawm (1917). After him are Theophylact Simocatta (580), Al-Maqrizi (1364), H. A. R. Gibb (1895), Yahya of Antioch (980), Al-Nuwayri (1279), and Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754).

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