Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- writer · calligrapher
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Bishara the Armenian, chancery katib and mawla of Shibl al-Dawla al-Mu'azzami (d. 654); he wrote a fine, small hand, and his descendants are called to the oversight of the descendants and of the Shibliyya khanqah 1.
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 273
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Bishara al-Armani”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/bishara-al-armani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.