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  "ar": "قاضي القضاة ابن خلكان صاحب وفيات الأعيان، ولد بأربل سنة ثمان وست مئة وسمع البخاري من ابن مكرم وتفقه بالموصل على كمال الدين بن يونس وبالشام على ابن شداد ولقي كبار العلماء وبرع في الفضائل والآداب وسكن مصر مدة وناب في القضاء ثم ولي قضاء الشام عشر سنين وعزل بابن الصايغ سنة تسع وستين فأقام سبع سنين معزولاً بمصر ثم رد إلى قضاء الشام ثم عزل ثانياً في أول سنة ثمانين واستمر معزولاً وبيده الأمينية والنجيبية، قال الذهبي كان إماماً فاضلاً متقناً عارفاً بالمذهب حسن الفتاوى جيد القريحة بصيراً بالعربية علامة في الأدب والشعر وأيام الناس كثير الاطلاع حلو المذاكرة وافر الحرمة من سروات الناس كريماً جواداً ممدحاً وقد جمع كتاباً نفيساً في وفيات الأعيان، توفي سنة إحدى وثمانين وست مئة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 379}.",
  "en": "Ibn Khallikan, chief qadi of Damascus and author of Wafayat al-A'yan — born at Irbil 608, trained under Kamal al-Din ibn Yunus at Mosul and Ibn Shaddad in Syria, twice appointed and twice dismissed from the Damascus qadaship; al-Dhahabi: 'he compiled a precious book on the deaths of the notables' {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 379}."
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   "note": "بأربل 608هـ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 379}",
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   "edtf": "1282~",
   "hijri": "0681~",
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   "note": "681هـ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 379}",
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    "value": "شمس الدين أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن أبي بكر بن خلكان البرمكي الأربلي الشافعي",
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   "writer"
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   "note": "بأربل 608هـ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 379}",
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   "edtf": "1282~",
   "hijri": "0681~",
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   "note": "681هـ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 379}",
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   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "شذرات الذهب — ابن العماد (ج5، سنين 601–700)",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "قاضي القضاة شمس الدين أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد بن خلكان البرمكي الأربلي الشافعي صاحب «وفيات الأعيان». وُلد بأربل سنة 608هـ وتوفي سنة 681هـ. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.379}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "طلب العلم",
     "markdown": "سمع البخاري من ابن مكرم، وتفقه بالموصل على كمال الدين بن يونس وبالشام على ابن شداد. ولقي كبار العلماء وبرع في الآداب. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.379}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "القضاء",
     "markdown": "سكن مصر مدة وناب في القضاء، ثم ولي قضاء الشام عشر سنين. عُزل سنة 669هـ فأقام سبع سنين معزولاً بمصر، ثم أُعيد إلى قضاء الشام، وعُزل ثانية في أول سنة 680هـ. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.379}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "قول الذهبي",
     "markdown": "قال الذهبي إنه كان إماماً فاضلاً عارفاً بالمذهب، علامة في الأدب والشعر وأيام الناس، كريماً. وذكر أنه جمع كتاباً نفيساً في وفيات الأعيان. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.379}"
    }
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    "lang": "ar",
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Qadi al-Qudat Shams al-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khallikan al-Barmaki al-Irbili al-Shafi'i, author of *Wafayat al-A'yan* (Obituaries of Eminent Men). He was born in Irbil in 608 AH and died in 681 AH. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.379}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Learning",
     "markdown": "He heard al-Bukhari from Ibn Makram, studied jurisprudence in Mosul under Kamal al-Din ibn Yunus and in Syria under Ibn Shaddad. He met the great scholars and excelled in letters. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.379}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Judgeship",
     "markdown": "He lived in Egypt for a time and deputised as judge there, then held the judgeship of Syria for ten years. He was removed in 669 AH, spent seven years dismissed in Egypt, was restored to the judgeship of Syria, and was removed a second time at the beginning of 680 AH. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.379}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Al-Dhahabi's words",
     "markdown": "Al-Dhahabi says that he was an accomplished imam who knew the school well, an authority in letters, poetry and the days of the people, and generous. He mentions that Ibn Khallikan compiled a valuable book on the obituaries of eminent men. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.379}"
    }
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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