At a glance
- Roles
- Historian · writer · Scholar
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Al-Kamal Ibn al-Sha'ar, the Mosul hafiz, author of 'Uqud al-Juman fi Shu'ara' al-Zaman — the anthology of his age's poets; he died at Aleppo in 654 1.
Connections
People and things also explored
Ibn Batish al-Mawsili· Great Mosque of al-Nuri· the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· Al-Farabi at Sayf al-Dawla's court· al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ moved to Aleppo — Saʿd al-Dīn Kumashtakīn seizes the regency· The exchange of Aleppo, from Mosul to Sinjar· Battle of Azaz· Battle of al-Khazir
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 266
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Kamal Ibn al-Sha'ar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-kamal-ibn-al-shaar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.