At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Summary
Ibn Kathir kept close to the hafiz of the age, Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi, at Damascus, read the Tahdhib al-Kamal to him and married his daughter 1.
The marriage tie
His wife was Zaynab, daughter of the hafiz al-Mizzi, as the editor of al-Subki's Tabaqat notes 2; the companionship lasted until al-Mizzi's death in 742.
Connections
- Had participant
- Ibn Kathir· Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi
- Occurred at
- Damascus
People and things also explored
The hafiz Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi dies at Damascus, 12 Safar 742/1341· Ibn Kathir· Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi· Damascus· Shaykh of the Ashrafiyya and Nuriyya hadith schools, Damascus, 17 Rabi' I 740· Ibn Kathir's compilations: al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya and his other works, about 738/1338· Ibn Kathir loses his sight in his last years, about 772/1371· Ibn Kathir moves to Damascus and grows up there, about 709/1309
Sources
- Al-Durar al-Kamina fi A'yan al-Mi'a al-Thamina — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (Dar al-Jil, Beirut) , 1/374
- Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra — Taj al-Din al-Subki (al-Husayniyya edition) , p. 394
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Kathir keeps close to the hafiz al-Mizzi and marries his daughter, about 735/1335”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ibn-kathir-mizzi-735/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-02.