Sibt ibn al-Jawzi
Personal
BornAH 581 (1185/1186)
DiedAH 654 (1256/1257)
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic golden age
RegionIraq and Syria
JurisprudenceHanafi[1]
Main interest(s)History and Fiqh
Notable work(s)Mir’at al-zaman, The Defense and Advocacy of the True School of Law, Tazkirat ul-Khawas
Muslim leader
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Shams al-Din Abu al-Muzaffar Yusuf ibn Kizoghlu (c. 581AH/1185–654AH/1256),[1] popularly known as Sibṭ ibn al-Jawzī (Arabic: سبط ابن الجوزي) was a writer, preacher and historian.[2]

Biography

Born in Baghdad, the son of a Turkish freedman and Ibn al-Jawzi's daughter, he was raised by his grandfather.[1] After his grandfather's death he moved to Damascus, where he worked under the Ayyubids Sultans al-Mu'azzam, an-Nasir Dawud, and al-Ashraf.[3] In 1229, on an-Nasir's command, he gave a fiery sermon in the Umayyad Mosque denouncing the treaty of Jaffa with the Crusaders as Damascus prepared for the coming siege at the hands of al-Ashraf.[4]

He is the grandson of the Hanbali scholar Abul-Faraj Ibn Al-Jawzi. His title "Sibt ibn al-Jawzi" denotes that he is the sibṭ (grandson) of Ibn al-Jawzi from his daughter's side.[citation needed]

Unlike his Hanbali grandfather, he was of the Hanafi madhhab, which was the judicial school common to those of Turkish descent and preferred by the Ayyubid Sultans.[1] He has also been described as having Shia tendencies, most notably by al-Dhahabi.[3] His historical writings, which include more critical accounts of Uthman compared to other sources, and Ibn Kathir's obituary of him have been given as evidence supporting this.[3]

Works

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Lewis, B.; Menage, V.L.; Pellat, Ch.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1st. pub. 1971]. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. III (H-Iram) (New ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 752. ISBN 9004081186.
  2. ^ Guo, Li (1998). Early Mamluk Syrian Historiography: Al-Yūnīnī's Dhayl Mirʼāt Al-zamān. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-11028-1.
  3. ^ a b c Keaney, Heather N. (2013-07-18). Medieval Islamic Historiography: Remembering Rebellion. Routledge. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-134-08099-1.
  4. ^ R. Stephen Humphreys, From Saladin to the Mongols: The Ayyubids of Damascus, 1193–1260 (State University of New York Press, 1977), p. 203.


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