Ibn Challikān

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Ibn Challikān ( Arabic ابن خلكان, DMG Ibn Ḫallikān , born September 22, 1211 in Arbil ; † October 30, 1282 in Damascus ) was a Kurdish biographer and Islamic legal scholar. His full name is Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm Abu 'l-ʿAbbās Shams ad-Dīn al-Barmakī al-Irbilī al-Shāfidī. Ibn Challikan is also referred to as a Kurd from the Aşiret of the Chalkans.

Life

Ibn Challikan studied in Erbil, Damascus and from 1229 in Aleppo . On his travels he visited Mosul several times and also got to know Ibn al-Athir . In the year 635 or 636 n. H. he went to Egypt and was there in 1249 as Deputy Chief Justice ( Qadi 'l-qudāt appointed) of Egypt.

In 1261, the Mamluk Sultan Baibars I appointed Ibn Challikan as Chief Justice of Syria . He was dismissed as early as 1266 and returned to Cairo , where he resumed teaching. After Baibars' death Ibn Challikan was reinstated as chief judge in 1277. As a result of the turmoil over power disputes, Ibn Challikan was arrested in 1280 for having issued a fatwa in favor of the rebellious Syrian governor . After three weeks, at the behest of Sultan Qalawun, he was released from custody and reinstated as chief judge. In early 1281 the Sultan visited Damascus and released Ibn Challikan, who died the following year.

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The most important work of Ibn Challikān is his biographical lexicon Wafayāt al-aʿyān wa-Anbāʾ abnāʾ az-zamān ("The Death of Great Persons and the News of the Sons of Time"). Ibn Challikān describes about 900 personalities in it, quoting from sources that have been partially lost today. The work was translated into Turkish and Persian early on. William Mac Guckin de Slane edited the work and translated it into English between 1842 and 1871 under the title Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary . The translation comprises four volumes and more than 2,700 pages.

Ibn Challikan is also mentioned as one of the authors of the wheat grain legend .

literature

  • JW Fück: Keyword: "Ibn Kh allikān" In: The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition . Brill, suffering.
  • Abed al-Bakyr Hasan: Medical biographies from Ibn Ḫalikân's work Wafayât al-Aʿyân. Medical dissertation in Würzburg 1987.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mehrdad Izady : The Kurds: A Concise Handbook. Washington 1992, p. 74
  2. ^ First volume (Paris 1842)
  3. ↑ Complete view of Vol. 1 , Vol. 2 , Vol. 3 and Vol. 4 , complete works
  4. ↑ Klaus Lindörfer: Das Großes Schachlexikon, Munich 1991, p. 311.
personal data
SURNAME Ibn Challikān
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ibn Khallikan; ابن خلكان; Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm Abu 'l-ʿAbbās Shams ad-Dīn al-Barmakī al-Irbilī asch-Shāfiʿī (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Arab biographer and legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1211
PLACE OF BIRTH Arbil
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1282
Place of death Damascus