Ibn Khallikan

Ibn Challikān (Arabic ابن خلكان, DMG Ibn Ḫallikān, Ibn Khallikan; * September 22, 1211 in Arbil, † October 30, 1282 in Damascus ) was a biographer of Arab and Islamic legal scholar. His full name is Ahmad b. Muḥammad b. Ibrahim Abu 'l- ʿ Abbās Shams ad - Din al - Barmaki al - Shafi ʿ ī al- Irbilī. Ibn Challikan is also called a Kurd from Aşiret the Chalkan.

Life

Ibn Khallikan studied in Arbil, in Damascus and from Aleppo in 1229. On his travels he visited several times Mosul and also met Ibn al - Athir. In the year 635 or 636 AH he went to Egypt and was there in 1249 as Deputy Chief Justice ( Qadi 'l- quḍāt ) appointed by Egypt.

In 1261 the Mamluk Sultan Baybars I. Ibn Challikan appointed to Chief Justice of Syria. Already in 1266 he was released and returned to Cairo, where he began his teaching career again. After Baybars ' death Ibn Challikan was used again in 1277 in his position as Chief Justice. Due to the confusion surrounding power struggles Ibn Challikan was arrested in 1280 because he is said to have issued a fatwa in favor of the rebel Syrian governor. After three weeks, he was released on the orders of Sultan Qalawun from prison and reinstated as chief justice. Beginning of the year 1281 visited the Sultan of Damascus and dismissed Ibn Challikan, who died the following year.

Work

The most significant work of Ibn Challikans is his biographical dictionary Wafayāt al -a ʿ yan wa - Anba ʾ ʾ az- Zaman ABNA ( " The Death of important personalities and the news of the sons of the time "). Ibn Challikan described therein about 900 personalities, quoting from sources that are gone now partly lost. The work was translated into Turkish and Persian early. The translation of William Mac Guckin de Slane from the 19th century includes more than 2,700 pages.

Ibn Challikan is also known as one of the originators of the WeizenkornLegende.